Category Archives: Research

Myron Cohen talks fighting infection at TEDx

Posted on May 13, 2013 by lchensvold

Last month, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics hosted “TEDxNCSSM” as a celebration of human achievement and experience in a wide variety of fields. IGHID director Myron Cohen was among the invited speakers, along with Flora Lichtman, correspondent … Read More

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“Someone to tell them they are doing a good job”: In the field with Project ImPact

Posted on October 24, 2012 by lchensvold

[This item originally appeared in the October 2012 issue of the UNC Center for AIDS Research newsletter. It has been shortened and edited to conform to GH Notes style] Lynn Tillery is a clinical research associate at the UNC Center … Read More

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UNC AIDS research featured on WUNC-TV’s North Carolina Now

Posted on September 26, 2012 by lchensvold

HIV prevention and cure research were the focus of this story on WUNC-TV’s North Carolina Now.  Originally aired Monday, Sept. 24. Video below. Watch Monday, September 24, 2012 on PBS. See more from NC Now.

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Inaugurating the new UNC-South China STI Research Training Center

Posted on June 6, 2012 by lchensvold

[This is another post sent in by Elizabeth Au and Crystal Shen, who are both spending fellowship years in China. Read their first post here.] Last week marked the official launch of the UNC-South China STI Research Training Center in … Read More

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Hook-ups and check-ups: how social media is changing STD prevention programs

Posted on April 25, 2012 by lchensvold

[This post was written by Catherine Grodensky, MPH.  Catherine is manager of the UNC Center for AIDS Research Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Core] Researchers at UNC have been making news lately for their work using social media to enhance … Read More

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Margolis talks HIV cure

Posted on March 26, 2012 by lchensvold

Earlier this month, we reported on some exciting new research on the HIV cure front. UNC’s Dr. David Margolis and his team used a cancer drug called vorinostat to flush latent HIV infection from hiding. The study involved six HIV-positive … Read More

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Photo of the day: press coverage of IAS

Posted on July 20, 2011 by lchensvold

Looking at the wall of IAS conference press coverage, I notice that nearly every news story mentions HPTN 052. -Lisa

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In Rajasthan, the more the merrier

Posted on June 21, 2011 by acmcnult

A bit of research and web browsing before leaving for the summer gave me an idea of the work I would be doing.  I read up on the organization and the area in general and, all things considered, felt like … Read More

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Letter from Galapagos: El Mercado

Posted on May 31, 2011 by acmcnult

[This blog post was sent in by Beth Hopping, who is a PhD student in nutrition. Her co-investigator, Rachel Page, MPH, sent in the previous letter from Galapagos] This morning, Rachel and I got an early start on the day. … Read More

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A special issue of the Lancet dedicated to malaria elimination

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

Last week, the Lancet published a special issue on malaria elimination.  There’s a good summary of the eight articles on our colleague Naman Shah’s blog, topnaman. For more on what IGHID is doing to combat malaria, read here, here, and … Read More

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