Welcome to the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
The Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn CFAR) is one of 21 NIH-funded CFARs and includes HIV and AIDS investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Wistar Institute.
The Penn CFAR's mission is to support, encourage and facilitate research in all areas of HIV/AIDS on the Penn/CHOP/Wistar campus by (a) facilitating communication and interdisciplinary collaborations through workshops, working groups, strategic planning efforts, and a seminar series covering all topics in the field; (b) support innovative pilot reaseach in HIV/AIDS through developmental pilot grant programs including nonhuman primate-based research; (c) mentoring and support of junior investigators; (d) services and training in support of HIV research through Shared Cores: Clinical, Viral/Molecular, Immunology, Biostatistics & Data Management; Behavioral and Social Sciences; International; Nonhuman Primate.
In the News
- Gregory Sonnenberg given an NIH Director's Early Indepedence Award. Read more...
- Susan Ellenberg interviewed for the moving documentary How to Survive a Plague. Read more...
- Beatrice Hahn elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more...
- John B. Jemmott and Penn CFAR faculty awarded $2 Million for Prevention of Chronic Diseases among HIV Positive African American Men. Read more...
- Penn CFAR researchers thwart HIV without antiviral drugs. Read more...