International Collaboration
- The D-CFAR can help URMC investigators initiate mutually beneficial collaborations with colleagues at the Desmond Tutu HIV Center at the University of Cape Town and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
- The goal of this program is to encourage discussions between D-CFAR and South African investigators with the hope that new research ideas will flourish into collaborative, multidisciplinary grant applications.
Assistance with investigators in other countries can be considered as well.
University of Witwatersrand, Perinatal HIV Research Unit’s (PHRU) Wellness Database
- THE PHRU has made a de-identified database available to URMC D-CFAR investigators to extract data for analysis and publication.
- The database was developed through the Wellness Program in South Africa, which provides comprehensive HIV-specific care to patients in Soweto (and previously also to a rural area of South Africa as well). Projects are worked on collaboratively by the URMC investigator the PHRU and are governed by a mutually acceptable publication agreement.
- To learn more or to request data from the Wellness Database, please contact Jennifer Lynch.
Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS) - Specimens and Data
- Prospective study (1990-2007) following over 2,000 HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants, children and adolescents living in the U.S.
- Over 900,00 archived specimens and data available.
- Includes Safety and Efficacy data of potent HIV therapy.
- Specimens can be linked to clinical data and include:
- Peripheral blood collected in EDTA, ACD and heparin tubes
- Cord blood collected in ACD and heparin tubes
- To learn more please contact Jennifer Lynch.
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