CFAR Cores Participating in the Boost Awards Program
AIDS Specimen Bank
Director: Richard Jordan, DDS, PhD, FRCPath
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Example: Pilot study to explore novel PBMC freezing method on T-cell viability and function
Clinical/Population Sciences
Co-Directors: Steven Deeks, MD and Jeffery Martin, MD, MPH
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Example: Feasibility of identifying and obtaining biological specimens from rare clinical phenotypes
Immunology
Director: Jeffrey Milush, PhD
Contact: [email protected]
Example: Developing a new multi-colored immunophenotyping panel
Pharmacology
Director: Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Contact: [email protected]
Example: Drug assay method modification to determine presence or absence of select ARVs in dried blood spots