Third Coast Center for AIDS Research

Northwestern University At Chicago, Evanston IL

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PROJECT SUMMARY THIRD COAST CFAR OVERALL RESEARCH The Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR) partners Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago and Illinois Departments of Public Health. Key community organizations include Howard Brown Health, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Center on Halsted, AllianceChicago, and many others. The Third Coast CFAR will “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work (Daniel Burnham).” The TC CFAR Cores provide services and assays to enable all fields of HIV research to contribute to ending the epidemic (Clinical Sciences Core; Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences Core; Viral Pathogenesis Core), as well as leadership, communication, networking, seed funding, and mentoring (Administrative and Developmental Cores). Each Core supports the Innovation and Implementation for Impact on Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group (EHE SWG). The EHE SWG and the Cores help teams of biomedical and behavioral researchers engage the community through the formation of trans-institutional and trans-disciplinary collaborations. Additionally, TC CFAR recognizes it is also important to creating career pathways for Underrepresented Minorities (URM) in the behavioral, health services, social, and/or translational sciences in order for them to develop successful and impactful careers in research on minority health and health disparities specifically focused on HIV. Therefore, by addressing the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Priority, “Research training of the multidisciplinary workforce required to conduct High Priority HIV/AIDS or HIV/AIDS-related research,” we propose a new TC CFAR Core to specifically address this Priority. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Core (DEIPC) is being proposed to advance the successful Program in Intersectional BIPOC SGM-focused HIV Science.