UNC Nutrition Research Institute receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for global health research

May 09, 2012 –The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Friday ID Conference: “Defining mechanisms of NK cell mediated control of chronic viral infections”

Title: “Defining mechanisms of NK cell mediated control of chronic viral infections”
Speaker: Galit Alter, PhD
Date: May 18, 2012
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics
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Friday ID Conference: “Water, sanitation, and hygiene and HIV: current research and opportunities”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Water, sanitation, and hygiene and HIV: current research and opportunities” – Joe Brown, PhD
Date: May 4, 2012
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics (directions)
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Longer breastfeeding and ART could lower HIV transmission to babies

April 26, 2012 – In early results of a large-scale randomized study published in 2010 and led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, giving daily antiretroviral drugs (ART) to HIV-infected moms or their breastfeeding babies for 28 weeks proved safe and effective for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast milk.

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Friday ID Conference: “An STD/HIV potpourri: the latest research from UNC trainees”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “An STD/HIV potpourri: the latest research from UNC trainees”
Speakers: Vicki Mobley, Ali Groves, Nora Rosenberg, Elizabeth Pollom
Date: April 27, 2012
Start Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

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Friday ID Conference: “Antiretroviral therapy: new agents for HIV. What does the pipeline look like?”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Antiretroviral therapy: new agents for HIV. What does the pipeline look like?”  - Joseph Eron, MD
Date: April 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics (directions)

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‘Global heroes’ arrive at UNC, dedicated to women’s health

By Myron S. Cohen, MD

“If you want to see hope in the midst of despair, look to Dr. Jeff Stringer and his colleagues at CIDRZ. By any measure, they are global heroes.” – Mary Fisher, activist and special representative to UNAIDS Read More

Myron Cohen honored for HIV prevention study

April 18, 2012 — For his groundbreaking research on treatment as prevention of HIV, Myron Cohen, MD, professor of medicine, microbiology and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the top honor of the inaugural Clinical Research Forum Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards. Read More

Friday ID Conference: “Can beta-lactam/beta-lactam inhibitor combinations be used to treat extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing E coli?”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Can beta-lactam/beta-lactam inhibitor combinations be  used to treat extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing E coli?”
Speakers: Anne Lachiewicz, MD, MPH; Melissa Miller, PhD; Ralph Raasch, PharmD
Date:
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics (directions)
9:30 a.m.

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TGHC Monthly Breakfast Discussion: “Revisiting The Humanitarian Paradox: Seeking a Balance Between the Moral Imperative to Act, with the Moral Hazards of Acting”

Title: TGHC Monthly Breakfast Discussion: “Revisiting The Humanitarian Paradox: Seeking a Balance Between the Moral Imperative to Act, with the Moral Hazards of Acting”
Date: April 26, 2012
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Location: NC Biotechnology Center (directions)
RSVP by close-of-business Thursday, April 19, here.

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