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amfAR's Research Program

amfAR's Research program plays a vital role in AIDS research, identifying critical gaps in our knowledge of HIV and AIDS, and supporting groundbreaking studies that often lack the preliminary data required by more traditional funders. The Research program focuses on efforts to prevent HIV infection in those who are vulnerable, and to improve treatment, with the ultimate goal of eradicating the virus for people living with HIV infection.

In The Lab

January 2010: amfAR Awards New Round of Mathilde Krim Fellowships

Three fellows aim to increase understanding of HIV transmission and treatment resistance, each receiving $125,000 to advance their cutting-edge HIV/AIDS research. Named in honor of amfAR’s founding chairman, Dr. Mathilde Krim, the Krim Fellowship program is an annual research initiative created to support bright young scientists seeking innovative prevention and treatment solutions to HIV/AIDS.

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In The Lab Videos

In September 2009, amfAR brought together a group of researchers it has funded to discuss their progress in optimizing the treatment of HIV. This area of research has enormous potential for improving both quantity and quality of life for people worldwide who are living with HIV/AIDS. Produced and directed for amfAR by Cyclone Pictures.

Optimizing HIV Treatment: An amfAR Strategy and Synthesis Meeting. September 2009.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke at a Capitol Hill conference on May 13, 2009, cosponsored by amfAR and Research!America.

D.C. Conference 2009: Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Jack Whitescarver, director of the Office of AIDS Research at NIH, spoke at a Capitol Hill conference on May 13, 2009, cosponsored by amfAR and Research!America.

D.C. Conference 2009: Dr. Jack Whitescarver
amfAR-funded researchers gathered in March 2009 to share their progress and discuss cutting-edge strategies for understanding and preventing rectal transmission of HIV. (Produced and directed for amfAR by Cyclone Pictures in association with Films for Nonprofits.)

Research: Preventing Rectal HIV Transmission

MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCIENCE

Dr. Nolwenn Jouvenet
Mathilde Krim Fellow Makes Breakthrough Finding (May 2008)

May 26, 2008—In only a few short months since receiving her amfAR Mathilde Krim Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Research, Dr. Nolwenn Jouvenet has made groundbreaking new findings concerning the birth of new HIV virus particles.
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