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Improving the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV infection, AIDS and related diseases.

Mission

To provide leadership, services and infrastructure necessary to: establish multidisciplinary collaborations that achieve high-impact discoveries; support the early career development of diverse young HIV/AIDS investigators; and to establish a distinctive scientific identity, placing the University of Rochester at the forefront of HIV/AIDS research.

Recent Publications

Amie, S. M., E. Noble, and B. Kim. 2013. Intracellular nucleotide levels and the control of retroviral infections. Virology 436:247-254.

Jacobs, A. C., L. Didone, J. Jobson, M. K. Sofia, D. Krysan, and P. M. Dunman. 2013. Adenylate kinase release as a high-throughput-screening-compatible reporter of bacterial lysis for
identification of antibacterial agents. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 57:26-36.

Jones, M. C., J. J. Kobie, and L. A. Delouise. 2013. Characterization of cell seeding and specific capture of B cells in microbubble well arrays. Biomedical microdevices.

Kakinami, L., R. C. Block, M. J. Adams, S. E. Cohn, B. Maliakkal, and S. G. Fisher. 2013.
Risk of cardiovascular disease in HIV, hepatitis C, or HIV/hepatitis C patients compared to the general population. International journal of clinical practice 67:6-13.

Mathew, E., F. X. Ding, F. Naider, and M. E. Dumont. 2013. Functional fusions of T4 lysozyme in the third intracellular loop of a G protein-coupled receptor identified by a random screening approach in yeast. Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS 26:59-71.

Mitchell, C., J. E. Balkus, J. McKernan-Mullin, S. E. Cohn, A. E. Luque, C. Mwachari, C. R. Cohen, R. Coombs, L. M. Frenkel, and J. Hitti. 2013. Associations Between Genital Tract Infections, Genital Tract Inflammation, and Cervical Cytobrush HIV-1 DNA in US Versus Kenyan Women. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 62:143-148

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Upcoming Events

Justice Involved Women Conference

Join us for the June 21st Justice Involved Women Conference where researchers, practitioners and policy makers will present their work to disseminate evidence-based practices and interventions for justice involved women. Other discussion topics will include the state of the science, difficulties for informing practice, funding challenges and solutions for justice involved women. Click here to learn more.