Harvard University Center for AIDS Research

The Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (HU CFAR) provides research, education, and training to HU CFAR members across Harvard University and its affiliates through services that are in direct response to member needs. Areas of study by NIH-funded HU CFAR investigators include molecular virology, pathogenesis, host immune responses, epidemiology, treatment, vaccines and prevention. HU CFAR provides services that support basic, behavioral, clinical, and translational HIV/AIDS investigation through core activities in administration, development, clinical services, biostatistics and bioinformatics, the humanized mouse, biosafety level 3 (BL3), advanced technologies, and behavioral and social sciences. HU CFAR directly sponsors many researchers, and its scientific programs and working groups host conferences, provide mentoring for junior investigators, submit proposals for grant support, and organize around new research initiatives.