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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · 20d

📢 9/25 ⏲️1 pm US ET join www.lerner.ccf.org/genomic-medi... and recipient of the George Seage III PHACS ECI award Dr Ravi Alluri www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-kuma... presenting "... #Pediatric #HIV/#AIDS Cohort Study"🛑RSVP + details @ mailchi.mp/02e456d4dd10... @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Aug 27

✋💊🌍Funding cut disrupts promising #Botswana-based efforts led by Dr Roger Shapiro to help children control #HIV w/out regular tx. Read about his work & challenges in #HIV research @ tinyurl.com/mry495xh. @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social @fenwayhealth.bsky.social @harvardgh.bsky.social

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Aug 18

Don't miss this!!!! 👋📢🦠👍👍👍 🇧🇼This Thursday, August 21 (1 p.m. US EDT / 7 p.m. CAT)❗️Details & RSVP at mailchi.mp/69f82724c9f3...

hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣On 08/06 (4pm US ET / 11pm EAT) Dr. Mujugira idi.mak.ac.ug 🌍Makerere Uni x.com/IDIMakerere presents "Oral PrEP Use by Trans Men in Uganda: A Multi-Method Evaluation" Info @ mailchi.mp/9b537bedfe81... @healthuganda.bsky.social @ahri-news.bsky.social @fenwayhealth.bsky.social @harvardepi.bsky.social

Dr. Andrew Mujugira, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jul 29

💡 Don’t miss next week's Inter-CFAR Antiretroviral for Prevention lecture with Mitchell Warren! @avac.org @emoryrollins.bsky.social

🗓️ Monday, Aug 4 | 12-1pm ET

Experts discuss the latest in HIV prevention research & delivery.

Open to all: mailchi.mp/efedf53f5413...

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jul 18

✨Join the 8/21 (1pm US ET) Virtual Talk sponsored by HU CFAR Pathway Opportunities Steering Committee w/Dr Koofhethile bhp.org.bw/dr-catherine... Sr Research Scientist @ Botswana Harvard Health Partnership @hsph.harvard.edu @ragoninstitute.bsky.social 🦠 #Botswana RSVP@ mailchi.mp/045e6a7de3e4...

Catherine Kegakilwe Koofhethile, Senior Research Scientist (Botswana Harvard Health Partnership; Visiting Scientist (Harvard School of Public Health); Research Fellow (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT & Harvard) talks about her research "Advancing HIV cure research in Botswana through reservoir assessment in adolescents on long-term ART"

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨 Today is National #HIVTestingDay! 🚨

Knowing your #HIV status is a powerful step towards protecting your health, accessing the care you need, and owning your future. HIV tests are free today at more than 575 Walgreens stores: lnkd.in/dg6pM_nA

##NHTD #HIVAwareness #PublicHealth #HUCFAR

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Greater Than HIV @greaterthanhiv.bsky.social · Jun 12

On June 27, @kff.org's Greater Than HIV and Walgreens
are teaming up with 415 health depts and community orgs to provide FREE rapid HIV, syphilis and hep C testing at 575+ stores for the nation's largest National HIV Testing Day event.

Get the details⬇️

FREE HIV and STD Testing at Select Walgreens on National HIV Testing Day – June 27!

Walgreens & KFF’s Greater Than join with health departments and local organizations to help provide free HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis testing for National HIV Testing Day on June 27.

www.greaterthan.org

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jun 10

Funding cuts have paused vital research into diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and ALS. These setbacks risk losing a generation of young scientists and undermining the US’s role as a leader in scientific innovation. Read more: shorturl.at/RiFLR

Harvard AIDS Research, Affiliated Hospitals Hit by Trump Feud

The Trump administration’s funding battle with Harvard University is starting to impact projects at affiliated hospitals and has crippled the school’s Center for AIDS Research, one of the largest back...

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Fenway Health @fenwayhealth.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day. We honor the strength, resilience, and advocacy of those who have lived with HIV for decades. Long-term survivors are the foundation of the HIV movement. #HLTSAD

We see you. We thank you. We stand with you. 💜

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣🙌Congrats @singhmit.bsky.social on your recent manuscript published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR)👍👏✔️ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jun 3

📣🦠ℹ️HU CFAR Pathway Opportunities Steering Committee presents ESI Talk (Thursday, June 12 at 1 pm US ET) “HIV-specific CD8+ T cells from Elite Controllers exhibit unique features that may mediate ART-free HIV control” with Alicer Andrew, PhD (UCSF CFAR). RSVP at mailchi.mp/fc70d67708b0...

Early Stage Investigator Spotlight Seminar (ESI Talk) Alicer Andrew, PhD (UCSF CFAR)

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Jun 3

👋📣Mon, Jun-16 (12:30pm US ET) Dr. Romo presents 🦠💊 #TB #HIV #research ℹ️Deets@ mailchi.mp/d62fdd96796e... ✔️ @mgh-id.bsky.social @harvardepi.bsky.social @harvardgh.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @ragoninstitute.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · May 27

📢📆Fri, June-6 🦠HIV Research in Progress presented by academic radiologist Prossy Bibangambah (Mbarara Univ). Details @ mailchi.mp/ed204f031ac5.... NO RSVP!! @mgh-id.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social @ragoninstitute.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @harvardepi.bsky.social

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · May 13

📣👋🏼May-19⏰12:30pm US ET #HIV Research in Progress w/Dr Hejazi @HarvardBiostatsℹ️ mailchi.mp/fa44136af7e2... ✔️ @hsph.harvard.edu @ragoninstitute.bsky.social @cdmitpih.bsky.social @bidmcreseach.bsky.social @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social @harvardgh.bsky.social @harvardepi.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social

Nima HejazI, PhD presents HU CFAR HIV research in progress "Comparative evaluation of MDR-TB therapeutic regimens from endTB and TB-PRACTECAL using causal machine learning"

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · May 8

📣👋🏼May-12⏰12:30pm US ET #HIV Research in Progress w/Dr Malika Boudries @bidmcreseach.bsky.social ❗️No RSVP required! mailchi.mp/7fab6ca303b6... ✔️ @ragoninstitute.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @harvardgh.bsky.social @harvardepi.bsky.social @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social @fenwayhealth.bsky.social

Malika Boudries presents research in progress: Biomarkers of HIV rebound following ATI in PLWH

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Apr 30

🗓️on Friday, May 2⏰8 am📢Prof. Bärnighausen discusses currently available EU funding opps & research priorities in global health!🌍No RSVP required!!ℹ️ mailchi.mp/01bbb3e32c85...

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣🚨Join us on 📅Thursday, May 8 (⌛12 pm US EDT) for the next HU CFAR Hepatitis and HIV Scientific Working Group Meeting featuring a talk by Dr. Vinikoor (UAB at Birmingham) titled "HIV/HBV Coinfection: Unique Challenges & Opportunities for Hepatitis B Elimination." ✔️RSVP mailchi.mp/5e3346787986...

Thursday, May 8 (12 pm US EDT) talk by Dr. Vinikoor (UAB at Birmingham) titled "HIV/HBV Coinfection: Unique Challenges & Opportunities for Hepatitis B Elimination."

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Apr 10

📢⚠️ Tomorrow, April 11 (⌛8am US Eastern; 2pm SAST🌍) Doty Ojwach (PhD) presents her HIV 🦠 research in progress title "Investigating placental macrophages in maternal HIV and antiretroviral therapy." ✋More details at lnkd.in/dUkUfkfM ✔️ www.sun.ac.za/english

Doty Ojwach, PhD research in progress titled "Investigating placental macrophages in maternal HIV and antiretroviral therapy" April 11 at 8 am US Eastern.

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hucfar.bsky.social @hucfar.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨✋📣Join this HU CFAR (HIV 🦠) Research in Progress presentation on Monday📅 April 14 (🕰️12:30pm ET) with Dr. Joshua A Acklin, PhD (Ragon Institute). Attend in person or virtually, no RSVP! Details @ mailchi.mp/7d739b9dea69... ✔️

Image of Joshua Acklin, PhD presenting his HIV research

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