The UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) has announced that their search process for a permanent Co-Director has resulted in Jane Simoni, PhD, MA moving from an interim role to the permanent Co-Director role, effective February 1, 2022. Dr. Simoni is Professor in the Department of Psychology with adjunct appointments in the Departments of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and Global Health. She currently serves as Associate Director of the CFAR Behavioral Science Core where she has greatly contributed to the mission of catalyzing new behavioral science research that will contribute to curbing the global HIV epidemic and improve outcomes along the continuum of HIV prevention and care. Jane also serves on the UW/Fred Hutch CFAR’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Working Group where much of the Center’s DEI-specific strategic planning work has occurred. Her research has focused on behavioral aspects of HIV treatment, with NIMH-funded intervention studies in New York City, Seattle, the U.S.-Mexico border, China, Haiti, and Kenya. Formerly funded by a K24 award from NIMH, she is an active mentor of doctoral students and early career scientists, serving as primary mentor on several NRSA pre-doctoral and K series awards.
