Investigator Profile: Evan Anderson, MD

Read an interview with Evan Anderson, MD, Emory Vaccine Center (VTEU) PI.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly challenging. Similar to the DMID 20-0003, the IDCRC has been flexible to address the next critical questions in the COVID pandemic. When we think about the key questions of the COVID pandemic, the IDCRC has been at the forefront answering these questions with data.” - Evan Anderson, MD

In The News

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDA, named IDSA Board Treasurer

IDSA and HIVMA voting members overwhelmingly approved a highly-qualified and diverse slate of candidates to serve on both the IDSA and HIVMA Boards of Directors.

U.S. health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19

Published August 18

U.S. health officials recently announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines’ effectiveness is slipping. The plan, as outlined by the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top health authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The doses could begin the week of Sept. 20.

Training

Mentee Profile: Felicia Scaggs Huang, MD, MSC, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director of Infection Prevention & Control, Cincinnati Children’s

Dr. Huang’s primary research interest is finding innovative methods to identify risk factors for and prevent transmission of nosocomial infection in critically ill children. Her current work includes identification of surgical site infection (SSI) risk in penicillin-allergic pediatric patients and modeling the efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate in SSI prevention to optimize pre-operative bathing regimens.

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IDCRC TRAINING

Mentoring Lecture Archive

Meet the Experts: VTEU Panel Discussion
Panelists: Michelle Dickey, MS, APRN, Cincinnati Children's; Kirsten Hauge, MPH, University of Washington; Theda Gibson, MS, Emory University; Amy Muchinsky, Emory University

VIDEO ARCHIVE

Funding

Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2022 Career Awards for Medical Scientists – Due October 1

The Career Awards for Medical Scientists is a highly competitive program that provides $700,000 awards over five years for physician-scientists, who are committed to an academic career, to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.

Innovative Multi-Level Approaches and Strategies to Prevent, Test and Treat HIV in Primary Care Settings in Health Disparity Populations in Geographic Hot Spots in the United States (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

Deadlines: Tuesday, December 14 (LOI); Friday, January 14, 2022
(Full application)

The purpose of this FOA is to support research projects that examine innovative approaches and strategies to prevent, test and treat HIV among health disparity populations or subgroups within primary care settings located in geographic areas with a high rate of new infections in the United States.

HIV Prevention and Alcohol
(R01 Clinical Trials Optional) (R34 Clinical Trials Optional)

Deadline: Wednesday, December 15

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to expand the HIV/AIDS prevention toolkit among alcohol impacted populations with a range of patterns of episodic and long-term use and associated behavioral and biological risks for HIV acquisition.