MACC Nursing Initiative

The CFAR MACC Nursing Initiative is a multi-institutional effort across the Penn, JHU, and DC CFARs with aims to support nursing faculty leadership in HIV/AIDS research. Our activities to achieve this objective include:

  1. Strengthening cross-institutional research collaborations through information-sharing, seminars, and scientific support;
  2. Developing partnerships with nursing programs and faculty at regionally affiliated HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) that are currently underrepresented in HIV/AIDS research; and
  3. Funding research opportunities through scholar awards for HIV/AIDS related projects or pilot work. We also collaborate with other CFAR initiatives on providing mentorship to undergraduate and graduate nursing scholars to increase the number of nurses with HIV/AIDS research experience.

Current collaborators in this initiative include Schools or Departments of Nursing at:

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • George Washington University
  • Georgetown University
  • Howard University
  • Lincoln University
  • Bowie State University
  • Coppin State University
  • Morgan State University

For more information, please contact Nataelle Pitts at npitts4@jh.edu