Bridgette Blebu: Developing a racial equity indicator for enhanced prenatal care implementation
WIP: Developing a racial equity indicator for enhanced prenatal care implementation

Presenters will provide an overview of appropriate study designs for COVID intervention evaluations as well as how/whether to adapt these designs (both with respect to data collection and analysis) that were conceived for non-COVID research in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or other disruptions. Designs that will be discussed include: pre/post and interrupted time series, stepped wedge, SMART designs, preference designs, and others that focus on implementation.
Speakers: Margaret Handley, Starley Shade, Jean Digitale, and Kristefer Stojanovski
This 4-part CAPS/DPS Town Hall series will explore core social and behavioral aspects of trust and engagement with public health measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an eye towards lessons from HIV work, in order to stimulate programmatic and research agendas that promote health equity.
Each year the UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research recognizes the work of remarkable early-career investigators in translational, behavioral, clinical, and basic science. The Early-Career Research Excellence Awards are given at the CFAR Future Leaders in HIV Annual Research Symposium, where recipients give brief presentations on their current work.
This meeting of URM investigators will focus on barriers to, and leverage points for, URM-led nationally coordinated and collaborative multidisciplinary HIV research - a mission of the CFAR. This is a one-of-a-kind network opportunity for CFAR-affiliated URM investigators conducting high-impact HIV research.
The UCSF-Bay Area CFAR (Center for AIDS Research), funded by NIH since 1987, began its 35th year in September. Our Director, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, and the Directors and Leadership of our five funded Cores and two Scientific Working Groups will talk about new themes, aims, and plans for CFAR’s next five years. We’ll highlight ongoing and new CFAR core services and programs + how we can support you and your research!