Announcements
You Only Have to Tell the Truth: Recommitting to Person-Centered Care
HANC Deputy Director Brian Minalga delivered the keynote address for ACTHIV 2025 in Chicago, IL. Read on for the full speech - full of compelling truths.
You Only Have to Tell the Truth: Recommitting to Person-Centered Care, ACTHIV 2025
Southern Comfort at BHPS 2025
HANC Director Russell Campbell was joined by Deputy Director Brian Minalga, Legacy Project Manager Cat Banobi, and HANC Project Coordinator Murph Fuentes at the 2025 Biomedical HIV Prenvention Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. Read how Murph Fuentes found comfort down South.
A Shoulder to CROI On
HANC Deputy Director shares an emotional experience at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Read their compelling journey with research and community over 4 days in San Francisco, CA.
Connecting People, Advancing Research
The Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC) programs are referred to as areas of coordination. Within each area of coordination are numerous work groups that are integral to advancing the research goals and objectives defined by the HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks and the Division of AIDS.
Behavioral & Social Science
HANC supports a number of trans-institute behavioral science groups composed of experts that are working to advance research and clinical trials through cross-network collaboration.
Community
HANC supports Community Partners, The Legacy Project, and the COVID-19 CAB coalition to achieve representation and build relationships with historically underrepresented communities in clinical research.
Cross-Network
HANC supports cross-network working groups for network leadership, communications, data management centers, performance evaluation, and site coordinators to promote greater information sharing, collaboration, and process standardization.
Laboratory
HANC supports several cross-network laboratory working groups and committees with the aim of harmonizing processes and procedures, ensuring standard quality assurance for protocol-specified assays and laboratory preparedness for network clinical trials.
Providing the Tools For Success
SOPs, Guidelines & Resources
Providing HANC-developed standard operating procedures (SOPs), best practice guidelines, toolkits, fact sheets, memos, and more, available and organized by content area.
Webinars & Presentations
HANC work groups host webinars throughout the year to increase awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS research topics and community-engagement issues. Find recordings of recently hosted webinars here.
Training
Our HANC-developed training modules target community member training needs, scientific literacy, HIV research counseling and testing, and HIV prevention and cure research.
Upcoming Events
Continuum 2025
The 20th anniversary conference will highlight the latest evidence, strategies, and innovations in the field of HIV care with the aim of promoting collaboration among clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and community advocates.
ACTG Annual Network Meeting
International AIDS Society (IAS) 2025
The IAS Conference on HIV Science is the world’s most influential meeting on HIV research and its applications. This biennial conference presents the critical advances in basic, clinical and operational HIV research that move science into policy and practice. Through its open and inclusive programme, the meeting sets the gold standard of HIV science, featuring highly diverse and cutting-edge research.
Be the Generation
Working together, we can be the generation to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Know the facts, spread the word, volunteer for a study, or join a community advisory board.
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