Monthly Archives: December 2011

Breakthrough behind the scenes

UNC grad and current UNC postdoc Kim Powers wants to understand acute HIV transmission Read More

UNC HIV Prevention Research Named Scientific ‘Breakthrough of the Year’

December 22, 2011 – The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, M.D. of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds: “An Update on Ob-Gyn in Malawi” and “Ethical Issues in Women’s Health Care in Low-Resource Settings”

Title: Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds: “An Update on Ob-Gyn in Malawi” and “Ethical Issues in Women’s Health Care in Low-Resource Settings” – Jeffrey Wilkinson, MD Date: December 21, 2011 Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Location: MBRB

Center for Latino Health receives prestigious award from Mexican government

Douglas Morgan will receive Ohtli Award, given for contributions to and support of Mexicans living abroad Read More

Friday ID Conference: “Minimizing HIV transmission among serodiscordant couples who choose to conceive”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Minimizing HIV transmission among serodiscordant couples who choose to conceive” – Lynn Matthews, MD Date: December 16, 2011 Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Location: 1131 Bioinformatics Start Time: 08:30

When prophecy fails

New study and editorial address how to better predict success in HIV prevention clinical trials Read More

Cohen receives 2011 Hope is a Vaccine Award for contributions to HIV prevention research

December 1, 2011 – Myron Cohen, MD, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Public Health, has received the GAIA Vaccine Foundation’s 2011 Hope is a Vaccine Award.