Journal Club Webinar Recordings
December 5, 2023
Dr. Haijun Gao, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Howard University College of Medicine presented the following article:
Saha B, Salemi M, Williams GL, Oh S, Paffett ML, Phinney B, Mandell MA. Interactomic analysis reveals a homeostatic role for the HIV restriction factor TRIM5a in mitophagy. Cell Rep. 2022 May 10;39(6):110797. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110797.
Dr. Jowanna Malone, Research Scientist at Whitman-Walker Institute, responded to the article from a social and behavioral sciences perspective. Dr. Nickie Andescavage, Director of the Prenatal-Neonatal Continuity Program and Neonatologist at Children’s National Hospital, responded to the article from a clinical and population sciences perspective.
The Seminar was recorded and can be viewed here.
March 30, 2023
Dr. Derek Dangerfield II, Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University presented the following article:
Dangerfield Ii DT, Heidari O, Cooper J, Allen S, Lucas GM. Motivations for opioid and stimulant use among drug using black sexual minority men: A life course perspective. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Oct 1;215:108224. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108224.
Dr. Alexander Zestos, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at American University, responded to the article from a basic sciences perspective. Dr. Jose Lucar, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at George Washington University, responded to the article from a clinical and population sciences perspective.
Dr. Dangerfield’s talk was recorded and is available for viewing.
September 19, 2022
Dr. Rachel Denyer, Infectious Diseases Physician at Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University, presented the following article:
Palefsky JM, Lee JY, Jay N, Goldstone SE, et al; ANCHOR Investigators Group. Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022.
Dr. Ali Talan, Research Scientist at Whitman-Walker Institute, responded to this article from a social and behavioral sciences perspective. Dr. Preethi Chandran, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Architecture at Howard University, responded to this article from a basic sciences perspective.
Dr. Denyers' talk was recorded and is available for viewing.
March 22, 2022
Dr. Alberto Bosque, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at George Washington University, presented the following article:
Miller, J.S., Davis, Z.B., Helgeson, E. et al. "Safety and virologic impact of the IL-15 superagonist N-803 in people living with HIV: a phase 1 trial." Nature Medicine, 2022.
Dr. Daisy Le, Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy, Populations, and Systems Community at George Washington University, responded to this article from a social and behavioral science perspective. Dr. Adeline Koay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Children’s National, responded to this article from a clinical and population science perspective. Please find the link reference in the discussion here.
Dr. Bosque's talk was recorded and is available for viewing.
October 20, 2021
Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, EHE SWG, Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University, presented the following article:
RoseC. Brownson, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Matthew W. Kreuter, et al. Implementationscience should give higher priority to health equity. ImplementationSci 16,
Dr. Jennafer Kwait (WWI), LGBT and Adolescent Research Manager, Whitman Walker Institute, responded to this article from a clinical and population science perspective. Dr. Namita Kumari (HU), Research Scientist, Department of Medicine, Howard University, responded to this article from a basic science perspective.
Dr. Rodríguez-Díaz's talk was recorded and is available for viewing. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to continue the conversation on implementation science at DC CFAR.
June 23, 2021
Dr. Ana María del Río-González, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at George Washington University, presented the following article:
Erin C. Wilson et al. "Disparities in the PrEP Continuum for Trans Women compared to MSM in San Francisco, California: Results from Population-based Cross-Sectional Behavioral Surveillance Studies”. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2020.
Dr. Ruth Kanthula (GU), Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Georgetown University, responded to this article from a clinical and population science perspective. Dr. Amanda Macedo (GW), Research Scientist in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine at George Washington University, responded to this article from a basic science perspective.
Dr. del Río-González's talk was recorded and is available for viewing.
November 13, 2020
Dr. Katherine G. Michel, Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine at Georgetown University presented the following article:
Janneke H.H.M. van de Wijgert, A. Christina Gill et al. Human papillomavirus infection and cervical dysplasia in HIV-positive women: potential role of the vaginal microbiota: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2020.
Dr. Rachel Robinson, Associate Director at the School of International Service at American University, responded to this article from a social behavioral science perspective. Dr. Magdalena M. Misiak, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the College of Medicine at Howard University, responded to this article from a basic sciences perspective.
Dr. Michel's talk was recorded and is available for viewing. Note! You may have to allow pop-ups on your browser in order to stream the recording.
October 30, 2019
Dr. Khadi Ndiaye, Assistant Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University, is presenting the following article:
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, PhD, MPH et al. "Why Culture Matters in Health Interventions: Lessons From HIV/AIDS Stigma and NCDs." Health Education & Behavior, 2014.
Dr. Alberto Bosque-Pardos, Associate Director of the Basic Sciences Core and Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine at George Washington University, will serve as a Basic Sciences Respondent; Dr. Rupali Doshi, Associate Professor in Epidemiology at George Washington University, will serve as a Clinical and Population Sciences respondent.
Dr. Ndiaye's talk was recorded and is available for viewing. Note! You may have to allow pop-ups on your browser in order to stream the recording.
May 21, 2019
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, lead the journal club and presented on the following article from a social and behavioral sciences perspective:
Tanwei Yuan, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Nai-Ying Ko et al. "Circumcision to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of global data." Lancet Glob Health 2019; 7: e436-47.
Dr. Hemayet Ullah, Associate Professor at Howard University, served as a Basic Sciences respondent; Dr. Andre Farquharson, Associate Professor at Howard University, served as a Clinical and Population Sciences respondent.
Yuan, Fitzpatrick, and Ko's article is available to be read.
Dr. Rachel Resop, postdoctoral fellow with the Bosque Laboratory at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, lead the journal club and presented on the following article from a basic sciences perspective:
Agosto LM, Herring MB, Mothes W, Henderson AJ. "HIV-1-Infected CD4+ T Cells Facilitate Latent Infection of Resting CD4+ T Cells through Cell-Cell Contact." Cell reports. 2018;24:2088-2100.
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Associate Professor at the George Washington University, served as a Social and Behavioral Sciences respondent; Dr. Amanda Blair Spence, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, served as a Clinical/Population Sciences respondent.
Agosto, Herring, Mothes, & Henderson's article is availble to be read. Dr. Resop's talk was recorded and is available for viewing. Note! You may have to allow pop-ups on your browser in order to stream the recording.
October 24, 2018
Dr. Rachel Scott, from Georgetown University School of Medicine and member of the DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences Core, lead the journal club and presented on the following article from the clinical/population sciences perspective:
Zash R, Makhema J, Shapiro RL. "Neural-Tube Defects with Dolutegravir Treatment from the Time of Conception." New England Journal of Medicine (2018).
Dr. Rachel Robinson, Associate Professor at American University, served as a Social and Behavioral Sciences respondent; Dr. Katherine Chiappinelli, Assistant Professor at the George Washington University, served as a Basic Sciences respondent.
Zash, Makhema, & Shapiro's article is available to be read.
November 9, 2017
Dr. Ezer Kang, from Howard University and the DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core, lead the Journal Club session and presented on the following article from the social and behavioral sciences perspective:
Bauer, Greta R., et al. "Transgender-inclusive measures of sex/gender for population surveys: Mixed-methods evaluation and recommendations." PLOS ONE (2017).
June 7, 2017
Dr. Richard Apps, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, lead the Journal Club session and presented on the following article from the basic sciences perspective:
Descours, Benjamin, et al. "CD32a is a marker of a CD4 T-cell HIV reservoir harbouring replication-competent proviruses." Nature (2017).
Dr. Nicole Angotti, Assistant Professor at American University, served as a Social and Behavioral Sciences respondent; Dr. Rachel Scott, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University served as a Clinical and Population sciences respondent.
Descours' article is available to be read. Dr. Apps' talk was recorded and is availale for viewing Note! You may have to allow pop-ups on your browser in order to stream the recording.
March 23, 2017
November 9, 2016
Dr. Princy Kumar, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Senior Associate Dean of Students, School of Medicine, at Georgetown University, lead the Journal Club session and presented on the following article from the clinical and population sciences perspective:
Cohen, M. S., Chen, Y. Q., McCauley, M., Gamble, T., Hosseinipour, M. C., Kumarasamy, N., & ... Makhema, J. (2016). "Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission." New England Journal Of Medicine, 375(9), 830-839. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1600693.
Dr. Kim Blankenship, Professor and Chair, at the Department of Sociology, American University and Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Core, served as a Social and Behavioral Sciences respondent; Dr. Sergei Nekhai, Professor at the Department of Medicine, Howard University and Co-Director of the Basic Sciences Core, served as a Basic Sciences respondent. A lively discussion followed including potential intimate partner violence and HIV research collaborations.
June 22, 2016
November 12, 2015
Dr Michael Thomas, Assistant Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University, led the Journal Club session discussing the following article:
D.H. Barouch, G. Alter, T. Broge, C. Linde, M.E. Ackerman, et al. "Protective efficacy of adenovirus/protein vaccines against SIV challenges in rhesus monkeys." Science Magazine. 17 July 2015.
Barouch's article is available to be read. The webinar includes a short synopsis of the publication, with respondents from different disciplines providing their perspectives and open discussion and exploration of possible collaborations for future research initiatives.