Pilot Award Recipient: Sydney Bornstein
Dr. Bornstein is a Spring 2026 Pilot Awardee and will develop a preliminary tool to promote PrEP awareness and uptake among PWID
Pilot Awards Recipients
The DC CFAR funds a wide array of HIV investigators in basic, clinical, and socio-behavioral science. The most recent awardees are listed below
View the archive to learn more about awards given in 2017 or earlier.
Pilot Award Recipient: Basheer Qolomany
Dr. Qolomany is a Spring 2026 Pilot Awardee and will use explainable AI for Longitudinal Prediction of HIV Treatment Instability in MWCCS
Pilot Award Recipient: Nkechi Enwerem
Dr. Enwerem is a Spring 2026 Pilot Awardee and will co-design a Nurse-Led Medication Toolkit Using Human-Centered Design for WLWH50+
Pilot Award Recipient: Sudha Sharma
Dr. Sharma is a Spring 2026 Pilot Awardee and will investigate Werner Syndrome Helicase as a Host Determinant of HIV 1 Transcription and Viral Persistence
Pilot Award Recipient: Temi Oke
Dr. Oke is a Spring 2026 Pilot Awardee and will address HIV Prevention Gaps among African-born Immigrant Men through Culturally-Designed and Community-Integrated Implementation Approach.
Pilot Award Recipient: Kyle A. DiVito
Dr. DiVito is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate meningeal lymphatics act to transport astrocyte-derived HIV viral protein, triggering peripheral inflammation.
Pilot Award Recipient: Katherine Robsky
Dr. Robsky is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate implementation mapping of mobile outreach for HIV programs.
Pilot Award Recipient: Megan O'Brien
Dr. O'Brien is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic inflammation in people living with HIV
Pilot Award Recipient: Patricia Sikorski
Dr. Sikorski is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate monocyte-derived inflammatory signals in atypical B cell persistence in ART-treated HIV.
Pilot Award Recipient: Adedotun Ogunbajo
Dr. Ogunbajo is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate how to improve HIV care outcomes among foreign-born Black individuals living with HIV in the DC Cohort.