| News and Updates from the Midwest D-CFAR |
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Let's get to know each other better! |
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Get to know Brittney van de Water, visiting HIV Transdisciplinary Grand Rounds speaker |
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Brittney van de Water will visit St. Louis in April for a series of events, including HIV Transdisciplinary Grand Rounds, where she will discuss strategies for “empowering the frontline” through nursing leadership and implementation science. Learn more about her career, motivations, and the future of TB/HIV research on our website.
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Join the Midwest HIV Response and Action Summit! |
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The Summit will bring together researchers, health departments, and community organizations to develop a shared understanding of the HIV epidemic and response in the Midwest. It will highlight insights from emerging research and programmatic progress across stakeholders, while also identifying opportunities for collaboration to advance action in the region. Learn more on our website.
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Future Changemakers in Action: Meet the HSSU Interns! |
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The Midwest D-CFAR at 314 Day |
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| 314 Day brought together community leaders from across the city to strengthen relationships and celebrate and support the St. Louis community. Several members of the Midwest D-CFAR participated in community events.
Read Darius Rucker and Kneeshe Parkinson’s 314 Day reflections on our website.
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Office Hours for ECIs in HIV Research |
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The NIH Office of AIDS Research is offering Office Hours for ECIs in HIV Research. These 30-minute one-on-one appointments with NIH Program Officers (PO) are reserved exclusively for ECIs who intend to submit an application in 2026.
Registration deadline is 4pm CT on the day before the scheduled office hours. Remember to come prepared with an abstract or specific aims for discussion.
 Register here.
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Mintesnot Teni Offers a Preview of his HIP Presentation
Our April HIV Works in Progress Seminar will feature presentations from Dr. Thomas Odeny and Dr. Mintesnot Teni. Are you curious about what will be discussed? Click for a sneak preview of Dr. Teni's talk!
(Details and registration link are below)
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Dima Dandachi Accepted to CAPS Visiting Professor Program
Dima Dandachi, MD, MPH, Co-Director of the Scientific Working Group, was accepted to the CAPS Visiting Professor Program at the University of California, San Francisco. The program provides intensive training and mentoring to support the development of early-career researchers across the United States. Read more here.
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| Thomas Odeny Awarded Clinical Investigator Leadership Award
Thomas Odeny, MD, PhD, MPH received the 2025 Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award, which provides salary support, advanced clinical trials expertise, high-impact mentorship, and institutional networks to help participants become independent and highly effective community-oriented clinical researchers. Read more here.
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Persistence, Innovation, and the Future of HIV Research
At the 29th Annual CFAR Meeting, Lindsey Filiatreau, PhD, MPH highlights a pivotal moment in HIV research - where innovation, community partnership, and implementation science are driving the path forward. In a challenging funding landscape, one message stood clear: persistence and adaptability are more essential than ever to ending the epidemic. Read her reflections here.
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Commonality and co-occurrence of discrete strategies within implementation strategy bundles: findings from the Living Database of HIV Implementation Science systematic review, 2014–2021, Sita Lujintanon et al., including Elvin H. Geng, Implementation Science Communications, March 13, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-026-00896-0 |
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Adaptations to an implementation study for integrating hypertension management into HIV care in Lagos, Nigeria: application of the FRAME, Chioma Hope Nwankwo et al., including Juliet Iwelunmor, Implementation Science Communications, Mar 10, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-026-00869-3 |
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HIV-related stigma and academic outcomes: the mediating role of mental health among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. Massy Mutumba et al., including Proscovia Nabunya, AIDS Care, March 2026, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2025.2606202 |
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(all events listed in central time)
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| Research Community Collaborative Monthly Meeting
12-1pm | Virtual (Zoom)
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Monitoring Treatment Response for Kaposi Sarcoma: What? So What? Now What?, Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD
- The Impact of Air Pollution on Clinical Outcomes, Mintesnot Teni, PhD
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Have news, events, or opportunities to share? Email admin@midwestdcfar.org to request it be included in a future issue of HIV HAPPENINGS!
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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA
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The Midwest D-CFAR is funded by the NIH (P30 AI176532) and supported by the following institutes: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NIGMS, NIMHD, FIC, NIDCR, and OAR. The content is the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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