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09 Jan 2024 HIV Research Trust Scholarships – Applications now open
We are posting this item on behalf of The HIV Research Trust. Calling all researchers! Applications are now open for the 2024 HIV Research Trust Scholarship. The HIV Research Trust is a charitable foundation that provides financial support to physicians, nurses, scientists and other health care professionals...
14 Nov Marking 10 years of HIV studies in key populations
On the second year of the the Global Health research masters programme, the course ‘Addressing Disease burden in a Global Context’ is offered to students as an elective. The course is part of the core curriculum and offered by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health...
10 Aug Inaugural Lecture Announcement: Kwasi Torpey on HIV/AIDS Eradication in Africa
AIGHD Fellow and Scientific Chair for the INTEREST Conference, Professor Kwasi Torpey, will hold his #inaugural#lecture on the topic: Ending HIV/AIDS in Africa: Reflections from the clinic, field, and classroom. This will happen on the 10th of August 2023 at 17:00 hours, #Accra time. Please check which timezone you...
17 Jan Uitgedokterd: illustrative podcast about 40 years of hiv in the Netherlands
During this illustrative podcast of six episodes Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity researchers and AIGHD fellows Marc van der Valk, Professor in Internal Medicine, and Peter Reiss, Professor in Medicine, guide you through the world of HIV together with the podcast hosts Loiza Lamers...
23 Dec Recent Publication in Lancet Regional Health Europe on Improving Indicator-Condition Guided Testing for HIV in the Hospital Setting
The H-TEAM’s Saskia J. Bogers and colleagues published a paper on improving indicator-condition guided testing for HIV in the hospital setting in Lancet Regional Health Europe. For Amsterdam to reach its goal of zero new HIV infections by 2026, it is vital that all HIV...
01 Dec World AIDS Day 2022: Prioritizing COVID vaccines for people living with HIV in Africa
Today, World AIDS Day 2022, we remember the 40 million people who lost their lives from HIV/AIDS over the past 40 years. We also celebrate successes with >75% of all 38.4 million HIV+ people on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, over 50% reduction of new infections and...
10 Jan PhD Fellow finds similar risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection between people living with and without HIV
Just last month, PhD Fellow for the AGEhIV Cohort Study, Myrthe Verburgh, had a paper accepted into the Journal of Infectious Diseases on SARS-CoV-2 incidence in the AGEhIV Cohort. The study concluded that there was a similar risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among both HIV-positive and...
01 Nov Former AIGHD PhD Student wins Prize for TB-HIV research
Earlier this month, during The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, former AIGHD PhD fellow, Dr. Alberto Garcia-Basteiro was awarded the honourable Steven Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize. The Stephen Lawn Memorial Fund was established in 2016 through a global partnership between the TB Centre of the London...