SOAR Applications Open for Fall ’24
*Application deadline March 7, 2024 (by 11:59 p.m.)* Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people and communities account for the vast majority of HIV cases in the United States, with Black and Latinx people being disproportionately affected. Unfortunately these communities also experience a host of negative societal factors. The next generation of HIV behavioral and social ...
IRWG Affiliates Honored with Thurnau Professorships
February 2023 Five University of Michigan faculty members have been named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors in recognition of their contributions to undergraduate education. Two of these extraordinary professors are also IRWG affiliates! Gary W. Harper and Lisa H. Harris were among the newly honored faculty who will hold the Thurnau title for the duration of their ...
SOAR Applications Open for Fall ’22
*Application deadline extended to April 14, 2022 (by 11:59 p.m.)* Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people and communities account for the vast majority of HIV cases in the United States, with Black and Latinx people being disproportionately affected. Unfortunately these communities also experience a host of negative societal factors. Therefore, the next generation of HIV behavioral ...
15 Undergraduates Selected for First SOAR Cohort
September 2021 In June, IRWG received a five year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and implement an innovative academic and research mentoring program for undergraduate students across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) is a multi-component theory-based two-year long research education mentoring program ...
IRWG awarded $1.2M grant to launch research education mentoring program for undergraduate students
June 1, 2021 The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) received a five year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and implement an innovative academic and research mentoring program for undergraduate students across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. The Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) Program, ...