{"id":2057,"date":"2024-12-30T09:41:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:41:26","slug":"announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2024-cfar-international-infrastructure-award-iia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/2024\/12\/30\/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2024-cfar-international-infrastructure-award-iia\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Recipients of the 2024 CFAR International Infrastructure Award (IIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UW\/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is pleased to announce the 2024 International Infrastructure Award (IIA)<\/a> recipients. The purpose of this award program is to support the execution, efficiency and development of various HIV research projects, and to build capacity for collaborative and innovative international HIV research activities. Recipients are awarded up to $10,000 total (direct costs) to complete their projects.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to our 2024 CFAR IIA Awardees, Dr. Bhavna Chohan <\/strong>of the University of Washington, Dr. Hannock Tweya<\/strong> of I-TECH Malawi, and Dr. Takudzwa Mtisi <\/strong>of the University of Zimbabwe!<\/p>\n

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Bhavna Chohan, PhD, MSc<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Clinical Assistant Professor, UW<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Purchase of a FUJIL NX 600 automated chemistry analyzer<\/span><\/p>\n

Site: <\/strong>The Partner’s in Health and Research Development (PHRD) Clinical Trials Laboratory (CTRL), University of Nairobi, Kenya<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty Profile: Dr. Bhavna Chohan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hannock Tweya, PhD, MSc<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Senior Regional Evaluation and Research Advisor, I-TECH Malawi<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Purchase of new EMR workstations<\/p>\n

CFAR Faculty Partner: <\/strong>Dr. Caryl Feldacker (UW)<\/span><\/p>\n

Site:\u00a0<\/strong>Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi<\/p>\n

LinkedIn: Dr. Hannock Tweya<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Takudzwa J. Mtisi, PhD, MS, EMBA<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Senior Lecturer and Program Manager, University of Zimbabwe<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Purchasing and renovating a container for file storage<\/span><\/p>\n

CFAR Faculty Partner: <\/strong>Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, UW\/FHCC<\/span><\/p>\n

Site:<\/strong> Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry (ZNCR), Harare, Zimbabwe<\/span><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: Dr. Takudzwa J. Mtisi<\/a><\/p>\n

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To learn more, visit the CFAR International Infrastructure Awards page<\/a> or contact us at cfardev@uw.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to our 2024 CFAR IIA Awardees, Dr. Bhavna Chohan of the University of Washington, Dr. Hannock Tweya of I-TECH Malawi, and Dr. Takudzwa Mtisi of the University of Zimbabwe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}