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National CFAR Research Mission The National Institutes of Health created the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program in 1988. The program was originally conceived and funded through the Division of AIDS (NIAID). The program promotes and encourages research activities that enhance collaboration and coordination of AIDS research, especially interdisciplinary collaborations between basic and clinical investigators, in order to move laboratory studies (benchside) are brought to the clinic (bedside) and vice versa. Within this multidisciplinary environment, CFAR activities are expected and designed to promote basic, clinical, epidemiological, behavioral, and translational research in the prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. Mission MetricsCFARs accomplish their respective scientific mission by:
Providing scientific leadership and institutional infrastructure dedicated to AIDS researchStimulating scientific collaboration in interdisciplinary and translational researchStrengthening capacity for HIV/AIDS research in developing countriesFostering scientific communicationSponsoring training and educationPromoting knowledge of CFAR research findings and the importance of AIDS research through community outreachPromoting and supporting innovative NIH HIV/AIDS research initiativesEstablishing collaborative research between CFARs, and supporting HIV/AIDS research networksFacilitating technology transfer and development through promotion of scientific interactions between CFARs and industrySupporting research on prevention and treatment of HIV infection in hard-to-reach populations, especially in inner city, rural poor, and disadvantaged minorities | |
