Welcome & What’s New!
You’ve found the webpage for the MWCCS NCAB, the National Community Advisory Board for the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS). Viewers of this site may make the font size larger by holding down the CTRL key and moving the mouse wheel up or down.
A Community Advisory Board (CAB) is a collective group of study participants and organization representatives that provide community information and assistance to the research project. Each of the MWCCS study sites has a local CAB and study participants are encouraged to participate in order to help build and foster partnerships between researchers and local study communities impacted by HIV/AIDS.
We look forward to another great year for the NCAB. We have 24 dedicated study participants on the Board, from 13 project sites across the nation, who come together to make the study participant experience better. We have both women and men on the Board and represent the diverse make-up of the overall study participants. A few things to know about us:
- In 2024, we mark an important milestone–the 40th anniversary of the start of the MACS in 1984; 40 years and still going strong! And the WIHS celebrates its 30th anniversary!
- Over 5,250 participants are currently active in the study, and the study is currently recruiting for new participants. Since starting the two studies, over 13,800 participants have been involved in the study.
- As a community advisory board, we work with study leaders to provide oversight and ensure the participant experience is taken into consideration for various study components.
- We perform advocacy on topics of interest to participants, such as an autopsy program that can help further the science of HIV.
- We are currently in wave 105 of visits and you can read more about what’s included below in the Study Visits Updates section below.
Announcements
Media
- WNYC Studio Blindspot: Stories from the early days of AIDS
NCAB Newsletters
- Chicago Cook County Spring 2024 Newsletter
- SHARE Summer 2024 Newsletter
- Chicago Cook County Winter 2023 Newsletter
- LA MWCCS Winter 2023 Newsletter – Los Angeles
- NCAB News – Summer 2023 – English – Chicago Cook County site newsletter
- NCAB News – Spring 2023 – English – Chicago Cook County site newsletter
- NCAB News – Winter 2022 – English
- NCAB News – Summer-Fall 2021 – English
- NCAB News – Summer-Fall 2021 – Spanish
- NCAB News – Spring 2021
Study Visit Updates
NCAB Organizational Documents
- MWCCS National Community Advisory Board
- NCAB Merger Announcement– The men and women’s NCABs merged to create the MWCCS NCAB. Please check out this announcement to learn more about the merger and how to get involved at your local site!
- NCAB Mission
- NCAB Bylaws
- The NCAB Handbook
NCAB Scientific Presentations and Documents
- MACS Healthy Aging Library
- 2022-10-11 NCAB Science Day Presentations
- 2022-5-16 NCAB Science Day Presentations
- 2021-10-18 NCAB Science Day Presentations
- Selected MWCCS HIV Research Lay Language Summaries
Introduction to HIV Cure
NCAB Member Perspectives
- HIV Plus Magazine 2021 Amazing People Living with HIV
- Who Makes up the MWCCS Participants? An Introduction to Selected Study Participants
- The Combined Value of Our Contributions to AIDS Research: A Study Participant’s Personal Perspective on Years of Study Participation
- Living with HIV in Rural Areas- Finding Help and Empowerment with MWCCS
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Last updated: 11/22/2024