About

Prema Menezes, PhD, PA-C, has extensive experience in grant management and administration. She is both a skilled clinician having worked in HIV care for over 15 years and a clinical scientist with experience in all aspects of designing, managing and implementing clinical research. As Associate Director of the UNC CFAR Clinical Core she helped establish several collaborative programs including the Acute HIV Infection program and the AIDS malignancy consortium. She has worked internationally and was the co-director for the Fogarty Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program at UNC. As an educator she has trained Physician Assistant students for over 10 years, thus ensuring the next generation of health care providers.

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  Abdominal Adiposity is Negatively Associated with Physical Function Among People with HIV

  To examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI), abdominal adiposity, handgrip strength, and physical function in people with HIV (PWH), and to explore the potential influence of physical activity and diet on this relationship. Dr. Prema Menezes, PhD, conducted a PROSPER-HIV Study at four clinical sites across the United States. Eligible participants were on … Read more

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  IAMIGHID: A Community With a Fierce Commitment to Ending HIV Turns 25

  The UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is an engine for funding HIV research, supported by a competitive NIH P30 infrastructure grant that has been successfully renewed since 1998. It is also a consortium of three complementary institutions (UNC, RTI and FHI) as CFAR Director Ron Swanstrom, PhD, and Associate Director Prema Menezes, PhD, PA-C, … Read more

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