The San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is becoming a regional resource in HIV research and education. Established in 1994 by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the CFAR has served laboratory scientists, clinicians, and the public for over two decades.
We presently have nine service areas, or cores, that offer unique laboratory and clinical resources. We also offer several internal grants throughout the year and sponsor scientific seminars on various topics of HIV and co-sponsor seminars on global health with an emphasis on HIV. Most of our seminars are open to the public, and some of our speakers allow us to post their slides for downloading.
Our research focuses on how the health of individuals, families, communities, social networks, and populations can be improved through the creative use of wireless and networked technologies and ubiquitous computing. We also study how to promote health and prevent disease and disability through systems-level interventions in clinical and community settings.
Our collaborators come from the UCSD School of Medicine, UCSD’s Division of Social Sciences, the Jacobs School of Engineering, the San Diego Supercomputer Center and San Diego State University. Included are scientists with backgrounds in clinical and preventive medicine, computer science and engineering, social networks, political science, clinical and experimental psychology, electrical engineering, health behavior, systems science, behavioral genetics, exercise and nutrition science, Public Health, and evolutionary biology. Learn More.
When the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began its global rampage in 2019, UC San Diego School of Medicine physician, scientist, and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Davey Smith, had an idea. What if scientists could stop pandemics in their tracks?
Today, it is possible to identify infectious diseases that have the potential to become global threats and develop procedures and medications to contain them before they spread. The PREPARE Institute is designed to do just that.
Our members are experts in surveillance, proactive therapeutics and vaccine research, health behaviors and public policy. We are gearing up to defend against any infectious disease vector: bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi or yet-to-be-discovered pathogens. Learn More.