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April 11, 2019
MHRP Researcher Dr. Morgane Rolland on the Importance of Viral Genetics
MHRP’s Chief of Viral Genetics and Systems Serology Dr. Morgane Rolland has co-edited, together with Dr. Josh Herbeck, an edition of Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS devoted to HIV-1 phylogenetics. Dr. Rolland authored an editorial and review for the issue, focusing on how research into viral diversity can increase understanding of the epidemic and contribute to improved HIV vaccine candidates...
March 22, 2019
MHRP Scientists and Collaborators Presenting at Keystone Symposia 2019
MHRP scientists and collaborators will present the following abstracts at the Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines and Functional Cures and the Eradication of HIV taking place March 24-28 in Whistler, British Columbia (bolded names are MHRP researchers):
Rasmi Thomas* (workshop co-chair), "Immunology of HIV Cure"
Diane Bolton* (workshop co-chair), "T Cells in HIV Vaccination and...
March 13, 2019
Three Neutralizing Antibody Lineages Identified from an HIV-1-Infected Individual
A new longitudinal analysis illuminates early events in the development of three neutralizing antibody lineages in an HIV-1-infected individual, insights which may help inform vaccine design. Researchers, led by scientists with the U.S. Military HIV Vaccine Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health...
March 5, 2019
‘This Is What It Means to Be Empowered’
At age 15, having completed only four years of primary education, a young woman named Winnie in a small town in Uganda found work as a barmaid to help support herself and her family. Friends convinced her to take on sex work, and she eventually agreed to have unprotected sex with customers willing to pay more money.
“When I became pregnant the story changed, I wouldn’t get customers...
February 28, 2019
MHRP Scientists and Collaborators Presenting at CROI 2019
MHRP and collaborators will present the following abstracts at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) taking place March 4-7 in Seattle (bolded names are MHRP researchers):
Gowoon Son*, “Gender and coinfections contribute to immune activation in treated HIV infection”*
Christina Polyak, “Antiretroviral regimen durability is not driven by viral...
January 17, 2019
Landmark Acute HIV Infection Cohort Study Concludes
MHRP’s RV217, an ambitious early capture acute HIV infection cohort study led by Clinical Deputy Director Dr. Merlin Robb, concluded in late 2018 after nine years of research activity.
The study, sponsored by the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, began in 2009 and prospectively followed a group of high-risk volunteers in East Africa and...
November 28, 2018
World AIDS Day 2018
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is a critical partner in the whole of government approach to combat HIV—the most devastating pandemic of our time.
As the global AIDS epidemic has unfolded over the last 36 years, it’s become clear that the impact of HIV is closely tied to global security, regional stability, humanitarian concerns, counterterrorism, and peacekeeping...
October 16, 2018
MHRP and Collaborators at HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) 2018
MHRP researchers and collaborators are scheduled to speak and present at the 2018 HIVR4P conference taking place October 23-25 in Madrid.
August 20, 2018
MHRP at the 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium
MHRP researchers and collaborators will be at this week's Military Health System Research Symposium in Florida, presenting abstracts on topics ranging from the AFRICOS cohort study to Zika vaccine studies.
CPT Suzanne Mate, MHSRS-18-1753: Joint West Africa Research Group is a MIL-MIL and MIL-CIV Global Health Engagement that delivers front-line biosurveillance technologies to West Africa...August 16, 2018
Study of Severe Infectious Diseases Enrolls 100th Volunteer
JWARG’s RV466 research protocol, a study designed to identify and characterize cases of suspected severe infectious disease, reached a key milestone in August with the enrollment of its 100th volunteer.
This multi-site protocol led by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program opened in Nigeria late last year and has now been activated at sites in Liberia and Ghana as well.
The...