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UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research

Welcome to the University of Washington / Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). Our mission is to advance the prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV and AIDS by fostering collaborative and interdisciplinary research, supporting career development in young investigators, and serving researchers and scientists at our affiliated institutions.

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Discover Our Cores

CFAR Core Facilities provide biostatistical, laboratory, study design, and other services that are quality-controlled, cost-effective and convenient. These services are supported by the CFAR, freeing investigators of the need to set up and pay for these services themselves.

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CFAR Cores and Scientific Working Groups provide biostatistical, laboratory, study design, and other services that are quality-controlled, cost-effective and convenient.

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Funding opportunities for HIV investigators at CFAR and our partner institutions.

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News

Where Trust Begins: Students, Research, and Community-Engaged Public Health

Four student-led collaborations at UW and Fred Hutch show how trust, communication, and community can shape stronger public health research.

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A Seat at the Table with Gregg Gonsalves

On the evening of Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Gregg Gonsalves — global health activist, epidemiologist, ACT UP veteran, and professor at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale Law School — sat down with Students of Color for Public Health, along with CAB members from the Seattle Vaccine Trials Unit, and UW Positive Research for a small dinner and a very open conversation about research, activism, and the future of…

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Announcing the Recipients of the 2025 New Investigator Awards (NIA)

Congratulations to our 2025 CFAR NIA Awardees, Dr. Mia Faerch of Seattle Children’s, Dr. Nathifa Moyo of Fred Hutch, Dr. Jennifer Qin of the University of Washington, Dr. Katie Strobel of the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s, Dr. Emily Voldal of Fred Hutch, and Dr. Sihong Zhang of Fred Hutch!

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