Plain Language as Scientific Accountability: How to Communicate Science Beyond Academic Audiences
Tuesday, September 22, 2025
10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern
Registration link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/3X2MzkZcTaG8s9LIvG4CYg, How well are we communicating science if the people we most need to reach cannot understand it?
And how many opportunities do researchers miss when they cannot explain their work to someone outside their own field?
The UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) invite you to join us for a one-hour interactive workshop, Plain Language as Scientific Accountability: How to Communicate Science Beyond Academic Audiences.
Led by Michael Louella of the UW/Fred Hutch CFAR Office of Community Engagement, the workshop draws on more than 25 years of experience working with researchers and communities to make complex HIV science understandable without losing what makes the science important.
This workshop brings our two CFAR communities together around a challenge we all share: how do we communicate complex science clearly and…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/3X2MzkZcTaG8s9LIvG4CYg. Accessibility Contact: mlouella@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
CFAR Seminar with Dr. Marco Pravetoni and Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick
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3:30pm - 4:00pm
IN PERSON
New Faces Speaker: Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD
Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Talk Title: Perspectives of People Who Use Drugs on the Risks and Benefits of Anti-Fentanyl Immunotherapies and Clinical Trial Participation, Bio: Thomas (Tom) Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, is a board-certified internal medicine and infectious disease physician and Acting Instructor in the UW Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His overarching goal as a clinician and researcher is to improve the health of communities disproportionately affected by infectious diseases and substance use disorders by developing new interventions that reduce harms from higher-risk behaviors. He has two decades of experience implementing and evaluating public health programs in partnership with people who use drugs (PWUD) in…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/JeKyeA5wTWuN34fxcSzHdw. Campus room: Room 101. Accessibility Contact: g0201@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
CFAR Health Access SWG Webinar with Dr. Russell Brewer
Speaker: Russell Brewer
Talk Title: Building Responsive Academic-Community Partnerships for Integrated HIV Service Delivery: Lessons from Chicago’s STRIVE Initiative
Bio: Russell Brewer, DrPH, is a Research Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago (UC) and Director of Community-Engaged Research, Capacity Building, and Southern Initiatives at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE). He also serves as Co-Director of the Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences Core of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC-CFAR). For more than two decades, Dr. Brewer has led public health research and practice initiatives across academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, governmental public health agencies, and philanthropy. His expertise spans community-engaged and implementation research, organizational capacity building, program development and implementation, and mixed-methods evaluation. Since 2022, Dr. Brewer has worked closely with frontline community-based…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/yYrrRSnOQACbkGzySPUUww. Accessibility Contact: g0201@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
CFAR Health Access SWG: Language Justice
Register here! Talk Title: Increasing Participation of Spanish Speakers with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in HIV Clinical Research in the U.S.
Event Description: Latinx individuals account for nearly 30% of new HIV infections in the United States yet comprise less than 12% of participants in HIV clinical trials. To evaluate the structural mechanisms underlying this disparity, a qualitative needs assessment was conducted evaluating barriers, language access practices, and institutional frameworks across clinical research sites (CRSs) in the country affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded networks, including the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), and Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN). This webinar will present the preliminary results of this research contrasting ideal federal aspirations—such as the revised NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research of…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/K7Dkwt-2R82qj3ZKU18mCw. Accessibility Contact: g0201@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
23rd Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium
The Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium, co-hosted by the UW Center for AIDS & STD (CFAS) and the UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), is our premier showcase for featuring emerging HIV and STI research talent within our community. Scientific talks include a keynote speaker and early-stage investigators, who are customarily recipients of developmental awards from STI and HIV research and training programs at the UW. Representatives of community-based organizations and researchers at all career stages are encouraged to attend, network and contribute to symposium discussions. 23rd Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium
October 28, 2026, from 9:00am - 4:00pm PDT
Harborview Research & Training Center (R&T), 300 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, This event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. If you plan to attend virtually, please be sure to register for the Zoom session.
This year's event will feature...A keynote presentation, Topical panels, Research talks by UW award recipients, Early-Stage Investigator…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/KobM-NdmTJKtwKDWANrJIA. Accessibility Contact: Jacqueline Williamson (jwilli3@uw.edu). Event Types: Conferences. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Harborview Research & Training Center (R&T), 300 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104.
CFAR & PHSKC Lunchbox Talk with Carlos Gabriel Corpuz
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
World AIDS Day
Please save the evening of Tuesday, December 1 for a very special World AIDS Day gathering.
RETHINK. REBUILD. RISE. World AIDS Day, Reimagined. Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 5:00–8:00 PM, Seattle Central Library.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mlouella@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies.
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
CFAR Seminar with Dr. Priscilla Hsue
Talk Details TBA.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/4398xTkSRSicLrkE6HK7hw. Accessibility Contact: g0201@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.