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David Kimberlin Receives 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

David Kimberlin, MD, co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and principal investigator of the Congenital and Perinatal Infections Consortium (CPIC), has received the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS).

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Training Program for Clinical Research in Rare Disease Launches New Session

The National Institutes of Health-funded R25 Rare Disease Clinical Research Training Program is launching a new training program for clinical research in rare disease. Now in its seventh year, this year-long, hybrid, free program is designed to support new investigators in the field of rare disease clinical research.

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New Patient Advocacy Group Joins CPIC

Herpes Cure Advocacy (HCA) has joined CPIC as a new patient advocacy group working to prevent neonatal herpes.

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CPIC Updates

Newsletter of the Congenital and Perinatal Infections Consortium
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