MISSION
The
mission of the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program
of the Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development (NICHD), the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute
on Drug Abuse, (NIDA) and the National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of
Health is to support a multi-disciplinary environment
that promotes basic, clinical, behavioral, and translational
research in the prevention, detection, and treatment
of HIV infection and AIDS. The CFARs accomplish this
mission by:
1. Providing scientific leadership and institutional
infrastructure dedicated to AIDS research;
2.
Stimulating scientific collaboration and translational
research;
3.
Fostering scientific communication;
4.
Sponsoring training and education;
5.
Promoting knowledge of CFAR research findings and
the importance of AIDS
research through community outreach;
6.
Facilitating technology transfer and development through
promotion of scientific interactions between CFARs
and industry.
This mission was developed by the CFAR Directors at
the 1995 Annual Directors Meeting.
