UCLA CFAR CORES

The UCLA AIDS Institute receives most of its infrastructure support from the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program of the National Institutes of Health. The program supports a multidisciplinary environment that promotes basic, behavioral, clinical, and translational research in prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. The NIH is currently funding 21 Centers for AIDS Research across the United States, of which the UCLA CFAR is one of the largest.

Through its core facilities, the UCLA AIDS Institute provides a pool of shared resources — such as technical expertise, equipment and training — to AIDS researchers. The shared resources facilitate interdisciplinary and international collaborations, technology transfer through academic-industry collaborations, dissemination of information on research activities, and community outreach.