Pilot Awards Recipients Archive

The DC CFAR has funded a wide variety of research, including basic, clinical, epidemiologic, social behavioral and prevention HIV/AIDS science since 2017.

Pilot Award Recipient: Jose Bordon, PhD

Jose Bordon, PhD has received a pilot award to study the effect of HIV status on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in women.

Pilot Award Recipient: Ian Toma, PhD, MD

Ian Toma, PhD, MD has received a pilot award to study the effect of maternal HIV infection on baseline immune landscape of neonates.

Pilot Award Recipient: Dana Hines, PhD, MSN, BSN

Dana Hines, PhD, MSN, BSN, has received a pilot award to study barriers to PrEP uptake and adherence among black transgender women in DC.

Pilot Award Recipient: Deborah Goldstein, MD

Deborah Goldstein, MD, has received a pilot award to study the HIV Treatment Cascade among transgender women in Washington, DC .

Pilot Award Recipient: Richard Apps, PhD

Richard Apps, PhD, has received a pilot award to study HIV-1 immune evasion to promote cure immunotherapy.

Pilot Award Recipient: Raymond Scott Turner, PhD

Raymond Scott Turner, PhD, has received a pilot award to study Alzheimer's disease phenotypes in older HIV+ adults.

Pilot Award Recipient: Leah Squires, PhD

Leah Squires, PhD, has received a pilot award to study intimate partner violence among men with or at risk for HIV.

Pilot Award Recipient: Marina Jerebtsova, PhD

Marina Jerebtsova, PhD, has received a pilot award to study impaired pulmonary macrophage migration in HIV-Tg mouse model of lung injury.

Pilot Award Recipient: Sarah Calabrese, PhD

Sarah Calabrese, PhD, has received a pilot award to study PrEP social marketing to Black MSM in Washington, DC.

Pilot Award Recipient: Jeffrey Bethony, MD, PhD

Jeffrey Bethony, MD, PhD, has received a pilot award to study the feasibility of lymph node fine needle aspiration for HIV vaccine trials.