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Projects Funded By Concerned Parents for AIDS Research

  1. Emory Vaccine Center "Summer Research Scholarship  (2009)  Ehiole Akhirome and Dr. Paul Spearman "Particle based HIV vaccines" William Dunn and Dr. Jyothi Rengarajan "Bacterial genomics and vaccine design" Elyse LaFond and Dr. Carlos del Rio " Epidemiological research on HIV/AIDS and risk behavior" Zachery Rohm and Dr. Cynthia Derdeyn "Evolution of HIV" Anousheh Shafa and Dr. Mark Mulligan " Novel HIV Clinical Trials "
  2. The Mathilde Fellowship, Amfar  (2008)
  3. North Shore University Hospital, Center for AIDS Research and Treatment  (2008-2009)  
  4. Dr. Joseph McGowan "Human Endogenous Retrovirus in AIDS related Cancers
  5. Amfar Research Initiative (2008)
  6. Massachusetts General Hospital (2007-2008) 
  7. Partners AIDS Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center - Drs. Bruce Walker and Rafi Ahmed "PD-1, how HIV "Exhausts" Killer T Cells"
  8. University of Michigan (2007 -2009)
  9. Dr. Mark Kaplan "Human Endogenous Retroviruses" A Link Between HIV and Lymphoma
  10. Emory University (2006 - 2008) Dr. Rama Rao Amara
    Novel Therapeutic Vaccine For HIV/AIDS
    American Foundation For Aids Research (2005)
    "A Look for the Cure"
    Massachusetts General Hospital – Partners AIDS
    Research Center

    Dr.Marilyn Addo – Correlates of protection in HIV –
    1 controllers

    University of Michigan – Dr. Mark Kaplan
    A Search for a Viral Cause of AIDS Lymphoma
    Univerity of Maryland Biotechnolgy Institute –
    Dr. Mikulas Popovic

    Antibodies Blocking HIV-1p17 binding to B-cells
    Emory University (2005) Dr. Rafi Ahmed
    Team Vaccine Fund
    Infected Patients American Foundation for Aids Research (2004)
    Vaccine Research – TAT Protein Research
    Emory University/University of Pennsylvania (2004)
    Dr.Guido Silvestri

    CD8 + TCell Differentation in IL-7 Treated HIV
    Amfar (2003)
    Microbicides
    North Shore LIJ Research Institute (2002-2003)
    Eleanor Gross

    Role of p38MAPK in HIV infection
    Aaron Diamond Aids Research – Dr. David Ho (2003)
    Identification of CO8 & T cell anti HIV – 1 factor
    St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center (2002-2003)
    Role of plasmacytoid DC in immune reconstitution
    Institute of Human Virology – The Gallo Project (2002)
    Production of a Novel Anti-HIV Peptide
    Amfar Vaccine Research (2002)
    North Shore University Hospital – Peer Aids Education Program (2001)
    The Salk Institute (2001)
    Institute of Human Virology – The Gallo Project (2001)
    Amfar Vaccine Research (2001)
    National Aids Treatment Advocacy Project (2001)
    Love Heals Foundation (2000)

    Institute of Human Virology – The Gallo Project (2000)
    Evaluation of HAF as an Anti-HIV Agent in Primates
    The Salk Institute (2000)
    Structure of the HIV-1 TAT-cyclin T1 Complex
    New England Deaconess Hospital (2000)
    Dr. Jerome Groopman

    Gene Therapy
    American Foundation For Aids Research (2000)
    Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center (1999)
    American Foundation For Aids Research (1999)

Concerned Parents for AIDS Research