The DC CFAR would like to congratulate the recipients of the DC CFAR Pilot Awards Program for the Spring 2016 cycle!
The DC CFAR Pilot Awards Program is a competitive program that provides pilot funds to HIV/AIDS investigators to assist them in the development of their NIH-funded research careers. This program is designed to encourage new and novel research by early stage investigators and established investigators in other fields who wish to transition into HIV/AIDS research.
Please join us in congratulating our award recipients in their HIV research achievements:
Sarah Baird, PhD: "Support Groups for HIV+ Adolescents in Tanzania: A Pilot Study"
Rebecca Lynch, PhD: "Elucidating the Microbial-GP41 Cross-Reactive Antibody Repertoire in Rhesus Macaques"
Kirsten Stoebenau, PhD: "Improving Measures to Assess Gendered Dimensions of Young Women's Vulnerability to HIV Through Transactional Sex"
Hemayet Ullah, PhD: "Functional Inhibitor of RACK1 Protein Potentially Regulates IRES Mediated HIV-1 Proliferation"
Elanah Uretsky, PhD:"Assessing the Risk for HIV Among Female African Traders Living in Guangzhou, China"
To learn more about the Research Awards Program, please click here.