Fast-Track Grant Allows Patients to get PrEP, New Lease on Life
In recent years, The Campbell Foundation has been awarding what we call “fast-track grants” to South Florida-based researchers to demonstrate our commitment to addressing HIV/AIDS in our own backyard. As with any grant, we ask recipients to update us on how the funding we provide has made an impact. Most recently, we heard from Dr. Farouk Meklat, PharmD., a researcher at Broward Health Comprehensive Care Center in Fort Lauderdale, who was awarded a $25,000 grant. The funding
Campbell Grant Recipient Makes Significant Inroads
As an organization that has been funding HIV/AIDS research since 1995, we at The Campbell Foundation know the harsh realities of successes and failures in the lab. It can be a one-step forward, two steps back process. So, when a researcher we fund makes important and newsworthy headlines, we are always excited to be a part of it. This week, Dr. Susana Valente, a researcher with The Scripps Research Institute in Florida, along with her colleagues, have shown for the first time
Let's Catch Up
Here we are, it's already April and we've been quite busy these past few months. The Campbell Foundation has awarded its first grant
How we help those with HIV/AIDS, and how donors can help too
Although The Campbell Foundation’s main focus has always been to provide researchers with funding to discover better treatments for people with HIV, as well as research into a cure for HIV, each year we also provide smaller grants to organizations whose mission is to assist those with the disease. What many people may not realize is that those with HIV and AIDS face many other social and economic barriers. Some may not have transportation to get to their doctor appointments;
The Campbell Foundation has been a long-time funder of HIV-associated dementia research
News reports have surfaced in recent weeks of how those with HIV are now living long enough to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The good news in all of this is that we have been able to develop medications and treatments to keep those with HIV and AIDS alive for significantly longer than ever before. The recent case making headlines involves a 71-year-old man with amyloid deposits in the brain that were detected by a PET scan. These deposits have been linked to Alzheimer’s diseas