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 ensuring laboratory preparedness for network clinical trials.
HANC coordinates the Lab Focus Group and provides support to the ACTG/IMPAACT Lab Technologist Committee and the DAIDS EQA Provider Working Groups.
HANC works with a variety of partners to create a more integrated and collaborative approach to laboratory operations across the NIH-funded HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks. These partners include: