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News Briefs $2.8 Million Grant to Fund Study of HIV in WomenJuly 7, 2003 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! A $2.8 million federal grant will help Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin study how HIV infection acts in the female genital tract. The grant finances five years of research by Cu-Uvin, who is director of the Samuel and Esther Chester Immunology Center at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. The money was awarded to the hospital's center for AIDS research, a collaboration between Tufts University and Brown University. It is one of 19 such federally funded centers located at academic medical centers throughout the nation. The center has $43 million in federal funding this year. Associated Press 07.06.03 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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