Cohort 8 Scholars
Wake Forest School
of Medicine
HVTN Site: Rochester Victory Alliance
Mentors: Mike Keefer, Cindy Monaco
Project Title: “Impact of the Female Reproductive Tract Microbiome on Inflammation in HIV in a Sub-Saharan Africa cohort”
University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio
HVTN Site: HVTN Laboratory Center
Mentors: Antje Heit, Steve DeRosa
Project Title: “Evaluation and optimization of the activation-induced marker (AIM) assay to phenotypically and functionally profile HIV candidate vaccine-induced CD4 helper T cell subsets”
Duke University School
Of Medicine
HVTN Site: Columbia Research Unit
Mentors: Magda Sobieszczyk, Hong Van Tieu
Project Title: “Pilot Study Evaluating Innovative Educational Approach To Increase Knowledge of HIV Prevention In The Next Generation of Providers”
Meharry Medical School
HVTN Site: Bridge HIV - San Francisco Dept. of Public Health
Mentor: Hyman Scott
Project Title: “Accessing Best Practices for Recruiting Transgender People into HIV Studies Using Social Media Applications”
University of New Mexico
School of Medicine
HVTN Site: Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Program
Mentor: Spyros Kalams
Project Title: “Single cell transcriptome analysis of vaccine induced T cell responses in HVTN 087”
Stanford University School
of Medicine
HVTN Site: Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Mentor: Georgia Tomaras
Project Title: “Defining the role of immune heterogeneity and preexisting CMV immunity in protective HIV-1 vaccination”
University of Buffalo School
of Medicine
HVTN Site: Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB
Mentors: Paul Goepfert, Anju Bansal
Project Title: “Determining the role of HLA-II associated HIV polymorphisms in vaccination and infection”
University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio
HVTN Site: Soweto Perinatal HIV Research Unit
Mentors: Hong Van Tieu, Janan Dietrich
Project Title: “A Qualitative Study to Assess Willingness to Use Various HIV Prevention Methods Among Participants Currently Enrolled in HVTN 702 Study in Soweto, South Africa”