Q5: Interview with Jacquie Sas, Manager at Canadian HIV Trials Network
Q5 Columnist and CANFAR Youth Ambassador, Muluba Habanyama and Manager of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and Committees at the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Jacquie Sas – met up in March in Winnipeg at the Canadian Association for HIV Research Conference. 1. Can you tell me more about the Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) and your […]
Stages of HIV Infection
Stages of HIV Infection Effective medications have drastically transformed health outcomes for those of us living with HIV. We can now expect a lifespan that approaches that of the general population. Individuals can be diagnosed with HIV along different stages of HIV infection. For example, these days it is common for folks to be diagnosed […]
SAC Reviews Research Grant Applications
This June, CANFAR’s Scientific Advisory Committee held its annual Grant Review meeting in Toronto. This committee includes some of Canada’s leading HIV doctors and researchers. The purpose of this gathering was to review the numerous grant applications submitted to CANFAR for potential funding. The Scientific Advisory Committee is chaired by Dr. Stanley Read, a Pediatric […]
Research Announcement
Research announcement: CANFAR continues to support several ongoing research projects. The Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise and EPIC4 project supports research dedicated to finding a cure. ($80,000) “Engage Project” a research project dedicated to HIV Prevention in Canadian gay and other Men who have Sex with Men. ($100,000) The 19th CANFAR funded Postdoctoral Fellow in collaboration […]
World Leaders in HIV/AIDS Research Gather in Durban
Between July 18 and 22, many of the world’s leading authorities in the field of HIV/AIDS Research gathered in Durban, South Africa for the 21st International AIDS Conference. With more than 18,000 delegates in attendance, the conference objectives were identified as: Bringing together the world’s experts to advance knowledge about HIV, present new HIV/AIDS research […]
Q5 With Dr. Marie-Josée Brouillette
In this edition of Q5, CANFAR Youth Ambassador and 30 Under Thirty member Muluba Habanyama chats with Dr. Marie-Josée Brouillette, CANFAR researcher. Dr. Brouilette is a CANFAR funded researcher working at McGill University on a study about the effects of aging in people living with HIV. Muluba caught up with Dr. Brouillette in snowy Winnipeg, […]
CANFAR Joins the Annual CAHR Conference
In May, the Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) hosted their annual conference in Winnipeg. President and CEO, Christopher Bunting, and Manager of Research and Program Integration, Cameron Dunkin, attended the conference to meet with the field’s leading researchers and learn about new research being conducted by Canadians. Dr. Michael Grant, CAHR President and CANFAR […]
Q5 With Dr. David Brennan
We’ve asked one of our National Youth Ambassadors and Sheridan Journalism student, Muluba Habanyama, to introduce some of CANFAR’s most important contributors. In her first issue of Q5, Muluba sits down with Dr. David Brennan who has received an Innovation Research grant from CANFAR. 1. Hello Dr. David Brennan. You have done some fascinating and […]
Scientists Receive over $750,000 to further HIV and AIDS Research
Toronto (September 1, 2015) – Today the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) announced their grant allocations for HIV and AIDS research that will help us better understand the virus and work to ultimately end AIDS. As the largest charitable funder of HIV research in Canada, CANFAR is providing $765,000 to fund innovative Canadian studies […]
CANFAR Profiles: Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan
MEET DR. JACQUELINE GAHAGAN Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan is a CANFAR-funded researcher. She is a Full Professor of Health Promotion and Head of the Health Promotion Division in the School of Health and Human Performance in the Faculty of Health Professions at Dalhousie University. She has been involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy, activism and research for over […]