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HIV 101: Why is There No Cure?

AIDS Red Ribbon

HIV 101 To-date, there is no cure for HIV and vaccine efforts have not yet demonstrated efficacy that can be scaled up. Why is there no cure for HIV? A true HIV cure means removing all of the HIV particles from a person’s body. This has been accomplished once, when an individual with genetic HIV-resistance […]

Q5 With Muluba: Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos

Muluba Habanyama and Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos

In this edition of Q5 with Muluba, CANFAR Youth Ambassador Muluba Habanyama gets acquainted with CANFAR Board member and long time supporter Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos. Leeanne founded CANFAR’s first young volunteer group The Junior Committee, and currently sits on CANFAR’s Board of Directors. Muluba met with Leanne in her Toronto home to take a trip […]

Research Announcement

As the F16 budget year came to an end, the CANFAR Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) was busy selecting recipients for research grant funding. In total CANFAR allocated over $800,000 in funding support from the F16 budget.

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 […]

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.

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

Diagram of stages of HIV infection

https://canfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/V3-ribbon-GIF-Video.mp4 learn more about world aids day 2024 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 […]

SAC Reviews Research Grant Applications

CANFAR's Scientific Advisory Committee, who met at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg's Toronto office.

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 […]

World Leaders in HIV/AIDS Research Gather in Durban

Impact

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

Impact

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

Partners

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

Pictured, Muluba Habanyama and 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 […]