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.