The University of Buffalo's The grant money also will support in-country laboratory specialist training in areas with high HIV/AIDS burdens worldwide, as well as allow researchers to analyze HIV/AIDS clinical trials. The program will train as many as 200 clinical researchers annually and offer clinical audits and other services. Bruce Holm, University of Buffalo senior vice provost and executive director of the Center of Excellence, said the funding is "just the beginning" for many potential projects, adding, "Over the next year to year and a half, we will launch even more of these programs" (Drury, Business First of Buffalo, 10/7). Although one focus of the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide is on increasing antiretroviral drug access and conducting clinical trials, such trials need to be carried out in countries with the...
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