The UCSD Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is a major component of the AIDS Research Institute (ARI) an Organized Research Unit at the University of California San Diego.  The CFAR is expanding to become a regional, comprehensive AIDS Research Center, with participating members drawn from the UCSD community as well as collaborating members from neighboring institutions including:

The Salk Institute
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Douglas Richman, MD, Director

Kim Schafer, MS, Administrative Director

Maya Franklin, Fund Manager

Bryna Block, International Program Coordinator

The mission of the CFAR is to develop improved vaccines and therapies for HIV infection and associated diseases through:

• Basic research in the areas of molecular pathogenesis and immunopathogenesis.

• Utilization of insights from basic research to develop pre-clinical and clinical trials of therapies and vaccines.

• Furthering clinical research to address fundamental scientific and practical medical issues.

• Providing leadership and serving as a regional resource to coordinate, stimulate and cross-fertilize all of the above to foster synergism, economies of scale and novel and creative approaches.