Vanderbilt Meharry Center for AIDS Research

范德比尔特-梅哈里CFAR(CFAR)将建立在田纳西州纳什维尔的这两个互补机构(范德比尔特大学医学中心和梅哈里医学院)之间现有的强大互动基础上，以发展更好的基础设施支持，并加强多学科的合作环境，用于艾滋病研究。将推动与艾滋病毒流行病学/预防、发病机制和治疗相关的所有领域的创新研究。目前在翻译和发病机制研究方面的优势将得到加强，包括建设全面研究与艾滋病毒疾病相关的种族差异的能力。 Vanderbilt-Meharry CFAR将通过5个核心发挥作用：行政、发展、临床发现、免疫病理学和病毒学。这些核心反映了在病毒致病机制、免疫生物学和抗逆转录病毒药物基因组学方面的翻译研究的优势；全面的临床数据库/标本档案；在非艾滋病毒相关领域以及在艾滋病毒疾病方面的独特成果研究合作能力；以及几个国家临床试验网络的持续产出单位，CFAR还将支持少数族裔科学家的发展，改善对生物医学实习生/科学家关于艾滋病研究的宣传和教育，并加强国际艾滋病毒研究。科学计划将鼓励新的合作项目。Vanderbilt-Meharry CFAR提供的协调、协作和种子资源将极大地加速这些机构艾滋病研究的扩展。

The Vanderbilt-Meharry CFAR (CFAR) will build on existing strong interactions between these two complementary institutions (Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College) in Nashville, Tennessee to develop improved infrastructure support, and to enhance the multidisciplinary, collaborative environment, for AIDS research. Innovative research will be promoted in all areas relevant to HIV epidemiology/prevention, pathogenesis, and treatment. Current strengths in translational and pathogenesis research will be bolstered, including building capacity to comprehensively study racial disparities relevant to HIV disease. The Vanderbilt-Meharry CFAR will function through 5 Cores: Administrative, Developmental, Clinical Discovery, Immunopathogenesis, and Virology. These Cores reflect the strengths in translational research in virus pathogenesis, immunobiology, and antiretroviral pharmacogenomics; a comprehensive clinical database/specimen archive; unique outcomes research collaborative strength in non-HIV-related areas as well as in HIV disease; and consistently-productive units of several national clinical trials networks CFAR will also support development of minority scientists, improve outreach to the community and education for biomedical trainees/scientists about AIDS research, and enhance international HIV research. Scientific programs will encourage new collaborative projects. The coordination, collaboration, and seeding resources provided by the Vanderbilt-Meharry CFAR will greatly accelerate expansion of AIDS research at these institutions.