October CFAR Seminar
Spotlight on the Newly Renewed CFAR
Learn about our revamped core services and new scientific working groups!
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CFAR Scholars Presentation
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
9:30-11:30AM PT
In Person at Carr Auditorium (SFGH Building 3) and on Zoom
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A Networking and Discussion Lunch will be provided after the seminar
in the SFGH BLDG 100 Courtyard
Please RSVP for lunch through the separate Outlook calendar invite being sent
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CFAR Science Spotlight
Get to know the Newly Renewed
UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research 9:30-10:30AM PT
The UCSF-Bay Area CFAR (Center for AIDS Research), funded by NIH since 1987, began its 35th year in September. Our Director, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, and the Directors and Leadership of our five funded Cores and two Scientific Working Groups will talk about new themes, aims, and plans for CFAR’s next five years. We’ll highlight ongoing and new CFAR core services and programs + how we can support you and your research!
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2022 CFAR Scholars Presentations 10:30-11:30AM PT
Join us to hear from our CFAR Scholars who joined our CFAR community from San Francisco State University this summer to receive a mentored experience in HIV Research!
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Preferred HIV Mobile Services among People Experiencing Homelessness and Depressive Symptoms in Alameda County
Lidia Rodriguez Garcia
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Characterizing Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells by Flow Cytometry
Eduardo Hernandez
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Exploring the Lived Experience and Available Interpersonal Support for New Mothers Living with HIV
Betel Bonga
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The Association between HIV Infection and Diabetes Risk
Tiffany Chambers
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Secondary Analysis Exploring Missed Appointments Among People Experiencing Homelessness
Elizabeth Nguyen
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You are invited to attend the Gladstone Institute of Virology Special Seminar
“Phage therapy to combat infections by antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens”
Paul E. Turner
Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Yale University; Microbiology Faculty, Yale School of Medicine
October 5, 2022
4:00PM-5:00PM PT
Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Followed by a reception on the back patio.
*This is an in-person meeting, if you are unable to attend in person and would like to join via zoom, please reach out to Veronica Fonseca
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Ending HIV in America
Premiering October 5th at 9PM on PBS
Science has made extraordinary progress against HIV. Can innovative drugs and therapies finally end it?
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Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV, could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? As of 2019, in the U.S., there were only 34,000 new cases of the disease—a feat that once seemed near-impossible to achieve. How did scientists and the public health community tackle one of the most elusive deadly viruses to ever infect humans? Can innovative drugs bring new infections to zero? This is the story of an incredible scientific achievement and the public health work that still needs to be done to end HIV in America.
The film highlights HIV in San Francisco and the South, using the 1917 Clinic in Birmingham as a base, and San Francisco (SFGH, Ward 86 as a base) to describe the current state of HIV treatment and prevention (by the same production team that made “Fauci” for National Geographic last year).
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The Inter-CFAR Faith & Spirituality Research Collaborative presents
the re-launch of the quarterly webinar series
Syndemics and the Sacred:
The Faith Response to Competing Pandemics
October 13, 2022
3:00PM PT | 5:00 PM CT | 6:00 PM ET
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_No2bokKQTv-EXaGUO5Eyxw
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MWCCS Science Seminar
Understanding HIV and drug use through a transcriptomic lens
October 14, 2022
12:00-1:00PM
Speaker: Bryan Quach, PhD
Zoom link
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| SFGH HIV/AIDS Grand Rounds
Grands Rounds are Wednesdays from 8:30-9:30AM PT
We will be resuming our Grand Rounds in person at San Francisco General Hospital in Carr Auditorium. If you are attending in person, please remember to complete the UCSF Daily Health Screening (if UCSF employee/staff/student) before you arrive on campus. If you are a non-UCSF guest, please complete the guest registration form to verify vaccination status a week before the Grand Rounds (Wednesday, September 1st). Please also remember to complete the UCSF Guest Screener (if vendor/campus guest) on the day of your visit.
Refreshments/breakfast will be offered before the HIV Grand Rounds starting at 8am. Please eat and drink outside before the seminar. Masking indoors is also highly recommended at this time.
We will also offer attendees an option to access the seminars virtually via Zoom. To access the Grand Rounds seminars online, please register for our webinar series at the link below. Once registered, you may access any of the seminars through the webinar link sent to you from Zoom in the confirmation email.
Please register for the HIV Grand Rounds at the link below: UCSF HIV Grand Rounds Registration
If you have registered last year and would like the confirmation link resent to you, please email Joseph Watabe at joseph.watabe@ucsf.edu.
10/5/2022
Cases of Providing Wrap-around Care in POP UP
Matthew Hickey, MD
Elizabeth Imbert, MD, MPH
10/12/2022
Challenging ID Clinic Cases among PLWH
Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
John Szumowski, MD, MPH
10/26/2022
Special Session: DoxyPEP to Prevent STIs among People Living with HIV
Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Please email Joseph Watabe if you have any questions regarding the HIV Grand Rounds.
You can also tune in to past HIV Grand rounds on-demand remotely. Currently, only UCSF faculty, trainees, and staff can access the link. We cannot award CME credit for remote on-demand attendance.
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Single-Cell Sequencing Meeting (In-person and zoom)
Every 4th Thursday at 12:00PM PT
Zoom Link here
10/27/2022
Spatial transcriptomics SIV
Wes Goldman/Sizun Jiang
Contact Sulggi Lee if you have any questions about these meetings or the Single Cell Interest Group (SSIG)
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SCOPTIONS Meetings
Mostly 2nd/4th Tuesdays 4-5pm, currently planned zoom + in person (DEM 5th floor conference room - masks required)
Zoom Link here
10/11/2022
Michael Peluso (Deeks/Henrich)
10/25/2022
Chase Hawes (Iyer lab)
SCOPTIONS meetings are an opportunity for junior investigators doing basic/translational HIV research (mostly using samples from people with HIV enrolled in the SCOPE/Options cohorts) to present their work and get feedback from a diverse audience of HIV investigators across UCSF (and some friends from ~ around the Bay!). We like lots of discussion :) Feel free to bring early data, grant Aims, ideas for collaborations, etc - the meetings are meant for open discussion, and the expectation is that data will not be shared outside of the meeting presentations.
Some meetings will be recorded and recordings will be placed here (let Rachel know if you'd like access): https://ucsf.box.com/s/3bo1zsyib83na4nsu4x5873sqew31oo1
Contact Rachel Rutishauser if you any questions or would like to be placed on a listserv for calendar invitations and reminder emails.
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DEM Seminar Series
The DEM Seminar Series is from 12-1 PM every Monday. We are holding meetings in-person at ZSFG (1001 Potrero Ave, Bldg 3, Room 505, San Francisco, CA 94110) and via Zoom: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/99007111167?pwd=Q1V3ZXRoMTJSY29xZUF3SFdvd05ydz09&from=addon
10/10/2022
The cellular heterogeneity of exhausted T cells
Weiguo Cui, MD, PhD
10/17/2022
Asymptomatic CMV Modifies COVID-19 Pathogenesis
Peter Hunt, MD
10/24/2022
Seagen Study of Brentuximab vedotin in People with HIV
Kofi Asare
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| CFAR/ARI Boost Awards The next round of Boost Awards are due Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 5:00PM PT
Boost awards are small grants with a rapid turnaround to support individuals and groups within the UCSF (and affiliates) HIV research community.
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For additional Funding Opportunities,
be sure to follow CFAR on Facebook and Twitter for more info!
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FELLOWSHIPS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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HHS Fellowship in Policy Research Analysis of Federal HIV Initiatives
Application Due: October 17, 2022
The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is accepting applications for a policy research analysis fellowship until October 17, 2022. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Read hereExit Disclaimer for more details about the fellowship, which is scheduled to start in late fall/early winter 2022. The selected individual will work in partnership with the fellowship’s mentor, Dr. Timothy Harrison, Principal Deputy Director of OIDP, to support efforts related to the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative and implementation of the NHAS. The fellowship’s research will be done in the context of the syndemics of STIs, hepatitis, substance use disorders, and HIV. Read more...
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NPGH LEADERs 2023-24 Fellowship Program
Application Due: November 1, 2022
The NPGH LEADERs Fellowship Program is a 12-month clinical research training program for US & LMIC post-doctorate trainees and US doctoral students in the health professions, sponsored by the NIH Fogarty International Center. Read more...
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International URBAN ARCH Center
Training and Mentoring Program
NOW ACCEPTING NEW TRAINEES
Program goal: Support the next generation of researchers who focus on HIV/alcohol use.
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Workshops and trainings in research methods and concepts related to HIV, alcohol, and international research
- Support for new trainee grant submissions and analyses, including facilitating access to URBAN ARCH repository data
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Networking events to connect trainees to each other and to senior investigators (see below).
Who is eligible: All trainees and early stage investigators.
Participants are not required to commit to a certain level of participation and are encouraged to utilize the components of the program most appropriate given their career trajectory and time commitments.
Sign up here.
Request more information here.
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Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Awards
Application Due: January 22, 2023 5:00PM PT
The development of a safe and effective HIV vaccine is one of the greatest biomedical research challenges of our time. The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is now accepting applications for Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Awards to attract African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Islander medical students who want to make a difference in their communities and contribute to the development of an effective HIV vaccine.
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CFAR Job Opportunity
Senior Biological Data Scientist in Immunology
Opportunity to make an impact in viral infection research as the data science lead of one of two exciting initiatives: (1) the chronic Hepatitis B virus intervention trial as a collaborative effort between Dr. Gabi Fragiadakis, Dr, Jody Baron, and Dr. Stewart Cooper; (2) the newly established bioinformatics core studying HIV biology in the UCSF Center For AIDS Research (CFAR), led by Dr. Gabi Fragiadakis and Dr. Sulggi Lee. We are seeking a computationally-focused research scientist interested in analyzing high-dimensional immune system and viral infection data, and developing methods toward answering questions in viral biology and disease. This role includes being a lead collaborator on projects that involve high-dimensional datasets from patients and animal models as well as an opportunity to advise on a series of projects. In addition, there is an expectation to provide resources, training, and community building among computationally-focused researchers. In addition to being embedded in the viral immunology research community, this position would be embedded in Dr. Fragiadakis’s Lab (Data Science CoLab dscolab.ucsf.edu) a computational immunology research lab that pursues questions of immune state using single-cell methods, providing an environment of computational biologists and data scientists with which to work.
We are looking for a computational biologist who is excited to delve into applied problems in immune system state and virological research from a data analysis and translational research, as well as methods development, perspective. Best candidates would have extensive experience working with large biological datasets, such as single-cell immune system data (single-cell RNAseq, CyTOF), with interest in working with new data types. Experience with data management, multi-modal datasets, and machine learning/statistics is preferred, along with interest in working collaboratively, teaching and learning from both data scientists and wet-lab biologists. Position is based at UCSF Parnassus campus. Read more…
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CFAR Job Opportunity
Clinical Research Coordinator
The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will perform independently or with general direction at the fully operational journey level of the series to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, as directed by the Clinical Research Supervisor and/or Principal Investigator (PI); may coordinate the data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF and regulating agency policies.
This position is intended to support two studies: the CFAR Clinical Core’s Research Referral Service (primary; ~70%) and the CNICS study (secondary, ~30%). The CRC position requires the CRC to adhere to research protocols with an emphasis on organizational skills and attention to detail. In addition, given that the employee will be working in a publicly funded HIV clinic that serves many diverse and often marginalized urban populations, they will apply a warm and non-judgmental manner and consistently demonstrate interpersonal tact, discretion, and sensitivity when interacting with clinic patients and providers. Spanish language skills are highly encouraged given the impact of HIV on the Latinx community in San Francisco. Read more…
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Department Of Public Health Releases 2021 HIV Epidemiology Annual Report
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) today released the 2021 HIV Epidemiology Annual Report that outlines San Francisco’s progress towards San Francisco’s goal of “Getting to Zero” new HIV infections, while highlighting the challenges faced by people who are experiencing homelessness and people who inject drugs.
The report shows that the number of new HIV diagnoses was 160 in 2021, a 16% increase from 2020. However, the number of new diagnoses is lower than the 173 reported in 2019. It is unclear whether the rise in diagnoses from 2020 is a result of an actual rise in transmission, or if more people accessed testing as the COVID-19 pandemic subsided and the lower number in 2020 was an underestimate of new infections in that year. Read more...
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Severe Manifestations of Monkeypox among People who are Immunocompromised Due to HIV or Other Conditions
Since May 2022, more than 25,000 monkeypox cases have been identified in the United States. During the current outbreak in the United States, 38 percent of people diagnosed with monkeypox were coinfected with HIV1 and most reported cases of monkeypox with severe manifestations have been among people living with untreated HIV.
Some patients with monkeypox in the United States have experienced prolonged hospitalizations or substantial morbidity; deaths have occurred. As the monkeypox outbreak has progressed, an increasing proportion of cases have been identified among Black and Hispanic/Latino people. Black and Hispanic/Latino people are disproportionately affected by HIV. Read more…
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ONLINE PRESENTATIONS (Webinars, Podcasts, etc.)
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2022 Getting to Zero SF Fall Consortium Meeting
Thanks to Sharon Pipkin for presenting highlights from the latest HIV epidemiology report and to Dr. Monica Gandhi, Dr. Tyler TerMeer, Dr. Monique LaSarre and Dr. Hyman Scott for an engaging roundtable discussion reacting to the new data and how their clinics and community-based programs are addressing the gaps & challenges.
And, finally, many thanks to Dr. Annie Luetkemeyer for sharing exciting updates from the DoxyPEP Study and Dr. Stephanie Cohen for sharing implementation considerations and next steps for DoxyPEP in San Francisco. Dr. Cohen also shared an informative local update on MPX at the top of the meeting, thank you!
If you’d like to (re) view the meeting, here is a link to the recording and a link to the slides.
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Monkeypox Webinar Recording
On August 26, HANC held a webinar entitled Monkeypox: An Overview. The webinar featured a presentation by Dr. Nwora Lance Okeke (of Duke University) that included information about monkeypox symptoms, transmission, treatment and research. A recording of the webinar can be accessed here.
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