By Karine Dubé, Program Manager, Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (karine_dube@med.unc.edu)
A novel HIV cure research training curriculum is being launched in beta testing phase in the fall 2014.
The HIV cure research curriculum is a collaborative project that brings together community advisory boards from the Martin Delaney Collaboratories – such as CARE, DARE and defeatHIV, advocacy organizations – including AVAC, Project Inform, TAG, NAPWHA and iBase and leading scientists in the field – including several from the searcHIV working group.
The main goal of the HIV cure research training curriculum is to make the science of HIV cure research accessible to the community and the HIV research field.
The curriculum will contain close to 20 modules when completed. Each module is being led by at least one HIV cure scientist and a community representative. Each module will contain a Powerpoint slide, a webinar/video link, a pre- and post-test assessment and participatory activities.
Members of the searcHIV working group involved in this initiative include:
- David M. Margolis (Latency Reversing Agents)
- Jintanat Ananworanich (Early ART)
- Stuart Rennie (Ethics of HIV Cure Research)
- Gail E. Henderson (Informed Consent)
- Karine Dubé (Participation in HIV Cure Research)
Other proposed modules of the HIV cure research training curriculum:
- HIV/AIDS and Cure Research Introduction
- Role of Community in HIV Cure Research
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Gene Therapy
- Pediatric HIV Cure Research
- Concepts in Basic Sciences and Translational Research – The Main Pathways
- Therapeutic Vaccines and Immune-Based Therapies
- Measuring the Latent HIV Reservoir
- HIV Treatment Interruption
- Regulatory Issues in HIV Cure Research
The HIV cure research training curriculum will be officially launched around CROI 2015.
Read more on the HIV cure research training curriculum on AVAC’s website.
