Congratulations to HVTN Investigator Jorge Gallardo-Cartagena for Receiving the 2022 MIIA Award

December 12, 2022 • By Stephaun E. Wallace, Ph.D. / HVTN Core

The UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research recently announced the recipients of

their 2022 Mentored International Investigator Award (MIIA). These awards are to encourage international junior investigators at an advanced stage of training or recently independent to conduct independent research with close mentorship from senior faculty. This research should ultimately lead to acquiring preliminary data to obtain funding to continue their HIV/AIDS research careers. One of our very own HVTN investigators received the award this year! Join us in congratulating Dr. Jorge Gallardo-Cartagena of the CITBM site in Lima, Peru!

Doctor Jorge Gallardo-Cartagena outside his clinic — Jorge Gallardo-Cartagena, MD Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas Biomédicas y Medioambientales (CITBM)

MIIA Project Title: Bacterial STI Prevalence and Incidence and Willingness to Use STI PEP among MSM and TGW Receiving HIV PrEP in Lima

Project Location: Lima, Peru

Mentors: Connie Celum, UW; Jorge Sanchez, CITBM/UW; Ann Duerr, Fred Hutch; Kelika Konda, UCLA