CDEIPI Monthly Newsletter

December 2022

Each month, the CDEIPI newsletter will spotlight one of the CDEIPI programs.

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT

Emory CFAR Building a Pipeline: Health Equity Research Program for College and High School Students

The Emory CFAR CDEIPI program is led by Sophia Hussen, MD, MPH, Rhonda Holliday, PhD, MA and Alphonso Mills, BA.

This program builds on established programs at the Morehouse School of Medicine that were expanded to have an HIV research focus. The program aims to facilitate mentorship, financial support and access to Emory CFAR resources for undergraduate and high school scholars to develop the next generation of underrepresented minority (URM) researchers in HIV. In the future, the program aims to incorporate community-based opportunities for students.

For more information on the Emory CFAR program, click here.

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE UPDATES

The Coordinating Center (CC) sent notices to each CDEIPI team regarding the approved no cost extension (NCE) through May 31, 2023, unless the site submits a request to opt-out. The CDEIPI overview manuscript is still under review at JAIDS. JAIDS has also accepted our proposal for a supplemental issue on CDEIPI to be published in fall 2023; manuscripts will be submitted by each CDEIPI site to the CDEIPI CC by April 3, 2023.

Contact: Brandi Robinson at bnrobin@gwu.edu with any questions or concerns.

PROGRAM CORE UPDATES

The Program Leads held their monthly meeting on November 15 which featured an overview of the new Harvard CFAR CDEIPI program presented by the site leads Dr. Andrea Ciaranello and Dr. Musie Ghebremichael. The Program Leads will not meet during the month of December.

For more information, please see the meeting slides and recording.

Next Meeting: Thursday, January 26 from 3-4 PM ET

Contact: Brandi Robinson at bnrobin@gwu.edu for more information.

EVALUATION CORE UPDATES

The Evaluation Core held an Office Hour on November 17 to provide an opportunity for Evaluation Leads to connect with Core technical assistance. The Core has also been updating the individual-level survey portal for sites that have requested changes. The Evaluation Leads will not meet during the month of December.

This is a friendly reminder that Quarter 4 (October, November, December 2022) aggregate data are due by 15Jan23. These data will be used for the evaluation overview for the JAIDS paper so please be sure to enter them on time. If you have corrections from past quarters, please let us know and we are happy to help you revise your earlier submissions.

The Evaluation Core is available to have one-to-one meetings with any of the sites that would benefit from technical assistance or individual consultation. Please email us if you would like to set up a site-specific meeting.

Next Meeting: Thursday, January 26 from 12-1 PM ET

Contact: Lorena Segarra at lsegarra@gwu.edu for more information.

We look forward to sharing updates and resources with you in this newsletter and on our website. Please let us know if there are other ways the CDEIPI Coordinating Center can support your important work.

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CDEIPI is a supplement to the DC CFAR, an NIH-funded program (P30AI117970), which is supported by the following NIH Co-Funding and Participating Institutes and Centers: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NIDCR, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NINR, NIMHD, FIC, and OAR. The content is the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.