As we move into PHACS 2020, new leadership email groups have been created:

Leadership Group

phacs.leadership@fstrf.org

Scientific Leadership Committee (SLC) (replaces Scientific Leadership Group (SLG)):

phacs.sci.leadership.committee@fstrf.org

Operations Committee (replaces Steering Committee (SC/DOC))

phacs.opscommittee@fstrf.org

Health Education and Community Core (HECC)

phacs.hecc.leadership@fstrf.org

PHACS at Harvard – general PHACS mailbox managed by Sharon Hwang and Mary Anne Kolobow

phacs@hsph.harvard.edu

With your Frontier Science (FSTRF) login, you can view the membership of these groups on FSTRF's website:

1. Log into FSTRF Portal (https://www.frontierscience.org)
2. Under Site Support > “Email Address Lookup”
3. Key in the list serv (ie. “phacs.sci.leadership.committee”) in the search bar
4. Under “Key to Find”, click on “Members” which will tabulate the membership of the group

FALL NETWORK MEETING UPDATE:

As a result of Covid-19, PHACS Leadership has decided to reschedule the PHACS Fall Network Meeting from September 2020 to October 2021, at the same location in Bethesda, Maryland.

While virtural or in-person meetings will not take place for the Network Meeting in Fall 2020, the CAB and PUG will still be holding virtual retreats in December 2020. The CAB will hold their virtual retreat on December 8th and 10th, 2020. The PUG will hold their virtual retreat on December 12th and 13th, 2020. Invitations have been emailed to group members.

The Study Coordinator Group will hold virtual trainings over the coming months. 

COVID-19 is a public health challenge unprecedented in our lifetimes. Click here to see resources on COVID-19 and HIV, as well as PHACS' response to the pandemic

SPRING 2020 VIRTUAL RETREAT

The PHACS Spring 2020 Retreat took place virtually via WebEx on April 20-21, 2020. Presentations are now posted in the Network Meetings folder.

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