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Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV

Event Description

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
11 a.m.-4 p.m. ET
Virtual Zoom Event

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of AIDS Research (OAR), along with the NIH institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs) with HIV research programs invite you to attend the Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. OAR looks forward to building on the enthusiasm and feedback from the first two early career investigator (ECI) workshops in 2022 and 2023. OAR’s goal is to continue to provide knowledge, resources, and mentoring to the next generation of HIV investigators.

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Agenda
Speaker Biographies

Update: 2023 Mentor Presentations Available 
View mentor presentations from the 2023 workshop at the links below. 
Mallory Johnson, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Always Have a Plan But Always Be Ready to Not Follow It

Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Ph.D., M.P.H.E., MCHES, George Washington University
Conducting Community-Centered HIV Research With Latinx Populations

"The NIH Grant Application Cycle: From Submission to Notice of Award” by David Chang, Ph.D., NIH Center for Scientific Review) and Mock Review from 2023 ECI Workshop

Intended Audience

  • Early stage investigator (ESI): As defined by NIH, these are scientists within 10 years of earning their terminal degree who are applying for an independent grant
  • Early career investigator (ECI): A term that includes ESIs, recently awarded grantees (within two years), and those who are pursuing an independent grant
  • Undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in learning about the professional path of an NIH-funded researcher

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to: 

  • Learn about the role of OAR and HIV research across NIH
  • Gain knowledge about NIH resources available to support ECIs
  • Learn about HIV funding opportunities and the NIH grant application processes and discuss your questions with program directors and scientific review officers.
  • Understand how HIV ECIs can help achieve the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative
  • Network with fellow HIV researchers, exchange ideas, and meet possible collaborators among the next generation of HIV investigators

More about OAR’s Support of Early Career Investigators

OAR continues to build human resource and infrastructure capacity to enhance the sustainability of HIV research discovery and implement findings from a diverse and multidisciplinary workforce, as stated in Goal 4 of the FY 2021-2025 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research (NIH HIV Strategic Plan). The NIH HIV Strategic Plan provides a roadmap for the NIH HIV research program, ensuring funds are allocated based on the NIH HIV scientific research priorities.

OAR hosts consultations with HIV senior scientists and mentors to stimulate grant funding opportunities and works with NIH ICOs to create more opportunities for junior investigators in the field. We are proud to provide new ECIs with avenues for career development and the opportunity to learn more about the NIH scientific review process.

Find additional resources for Early Career Investigators in HIV.

Members of the NIH-wide HIV Early Career Investigators Working Group were instrumental in planning the 2024 workshop:

Rahel Abebe, M.H.S., NIH Office of AIDS Research

Julio Aliberti, Ph.D., NIH Office of AIDS Research

Susannah Allison, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Mental Health 

Geetanjali Bansal, Ph.D., NIH Office of AIDS Research

Geetha Bansal, Ph.D., NIH Fogarty International Center

DaRel Barksdale, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Christopher Barnhart, Ph.D., NIH Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office

Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D., NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., RN, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

Geraldina Dominguez, Ph.D., NIH National Cancer Institute

Robert Freeman, Ph.D., NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Sonia Lee, Ph.D., NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Yu (Woody) Lin, M.D., Ph.D., NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse

Adia McCray, NIH Office of AIDS Research

Hayatt Mohamed, M.P.H., NIH Office of AIDS Research

Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D., NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Stephanie Murphy, V.M.D., Ph.D., NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs

Deepak Nihalani, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Robert Palmer, M.S., M.Sc., NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Peter Perrin, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Shiv Prasad, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Dianne Rausch, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Mental Health

Denise Russo, Ph.D., NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Biao Tian, Ph.D., NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs

Vasundhara Varthakavi, D.M.V., Ph.D., NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse

Shimian Zou, Ph.D., NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Presentations

View mentor presentations from the 2023 workshop at the following links:  
Mallory Johnson, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Always Have a Plan But Always Be Ready to Not Follow It

Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Ph.D., M.P.H.E., MCHES, George Washington University
Conducting Community-Centered HIV Research With Latinx Populations

Slides from additional presentations from the 2023 workshop are available upon request by emailing OARinfo@nih.gov.

This page last reviewed on April 9, 2024