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.
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: Adam Visconti
Dr. Visconti is a Fall 2025 Pilot Awardee and will investigate the pre-implementation of a novel model to improve preventive care screening for persons with HIV
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: Juh Hyun Shin
Dr. Shins is a Fall 2024 Pilot Awardee and will investigate Developing HIV/AIDS Nursing Care Plans for People with HIV in Nursing Homes: A mixed methods approach
Pilot Award Recipient: Benjamin Liu
Dr. Liu is a Fall 2024 Pilot Awardee and will investigate MPXV-induced systemic chronic inflammation in adolescents living with HIV after MPXV clearance
Pilot Award Recipient: Pedro Gazzinelli Guimaraes
Dr. Gazzinelli Guimaraes is a Fall 2024 Pilot Awardee and will investigate Immune Interplay of Type 2 Allergic Inflammation and HIV in Pulmonary Co-morbidity
Pilot Award Recipient: Taisuke Izumi, PhD
Dr. Izumi is a Spring 2024 Pilot Awardee and will investigate the Role of DAC, PARP, and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Latency Reversal and Immune Activation for a Comprehensive Functional HIV...