Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Co-Hosts a Successful Red for Cure HIV Forum
By: Jennifer Hendrix, 2BeatHIV/searcHIV intern, NCCU student The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the 2BeatHIV Project co-hosted “Red for Cure”: A Forum on Black Women and HIV Cure on Saturday, February 27, 2016 … Read more
Reflections on an Ebola Virus: Implications for Cure
by Karine Dube Ebola infected over 28,000 people during the 2013 – 2016 outbreak in West Africa, including between 500 and 1,000 health care workers who died. There are over 10,000 Ebola virus disease survivors mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone … Read more
#2BeatHIV World AIDS Day News Coverage
The local Raleigh-based news source, The News and Observer, recently published an article about the then-upcoming December 1 World AIDS Day activities being hosted in Durham. A section of the searcHIV project, #2BeatHIV, was in attendance and hosted a celebration … Read more
7th International HIV Persistence Workshop in Miami, FL
By Karine Dubé The 7th International HIV Persistence Workshop on during Therapy occurred in Miami from December 8 – 11, 2015. This meeting started occurring bi-annually in 2003 and historically has been centered on HIV reservoirs. HIV reservoirs had been described … Read more
Towards Multidisciplinary HIV Cure Research
by Joseph D. Tucker, searcHIV co-PI HIV cure research is moving forward around the world, increasing the need for a comprehensive research agenda that goes beyond clinical and basic science fields. This urgent need motivated the International AIDS Society to … Read more
4 Facts to Know as you hear more about #charliesheen #mattlauer #HIV #HIVcure #2BeatHIV
by Allison Mathews, PhD, post-doc for searcHIV and 2BeatHIV News broke this morning announcing that Charlie Sheen has disclosed his status as HIV positive. We at the 2BeatHIV Project want you to know that we are proud of Charlie Sheen … Read more
Reflections from the 2015 AMWHO Conference and HIV Cure Implications
by Samantha Farley, searcHIV undergraduate intern For university students like myself, the American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) Conference provided our first immersion into the world of public health and policy. AMWHO was established at UNC Chapel Hill in 2014 … Read more
Why should we use social media to engage community members about HIV cure?
by Allison Matthews, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Recent technological advances in HIV research have reinvigorated the search for a cure. In order to ensure the equitable and successful implementation of a cure, we need to develop community engagement strategies that … Read more
A Conversation with Gail Henderson, Member of the searcHIV Working Group
We continue our series profiling members of searcHIV and others involved in HIV cure research with an interview with Gail Henderson. Dr. Henderson is Professor of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University … Read more
UNC – GSK Partnership Creates HIV Cure Research Center and QURA Therapeutics
On Monday May 11, 2015, UNC-Chapel Hill announced a new partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to create a dedicated HIV cure research center on campus and a jointly owned company, QURA Therapeutics, whose mission is to create a cure for HIV/AIDS. The … Read more