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Table of contents
- HIV Cure and Women
- HIV Cure Research Education
- Language and HIV Cure
- Organizations and Efforts Advancing HIV Cure Research
- HIV Cure Research Finders
Research has played an undeniable role in understanding, treating, and preventing HIV. The evolution of HIV from an almost-always terminal condition to a manageable, preventable, chronic illness is the result of research. While there have been strides toward better inclusion of women in HIV research, longtime neglect and exclusion persist in the arena of HIV cure research.
Participating in trials is not the only way that women can be involved in research. Community involvement extends to having the resources available to share knowledge so that women can make informed decisions about participation and communication. Based on input from a wide range of stakeholders, The Well Project has put together a collection of resources specific and relevant to women and HIV cure research. If you have resources you would like to submit, please do so via our Women and Cure Research document, where you can also sign up for our listserv dedicated to women and HIV cure.
HIV Cure and Women |
Reports from The Well Project's Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI)
- WRI 2025 — The Evolving Landscape of Women and HIV Cure
- Bolstering HIV Cure Research in the Current Political Context: A Statement from The Well Project and the Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS
- WRI 2016 - Women in HIV Cure Research: Advocating for, Discovering and Delivering a Cure
Education and Information
- Why We Need More Women in HIV Cure Trials (NAPWHA)
- Sex & HIV Cure Research (AVAC)
Journal Articles
- Psychological Impact of Analytical Treatment Interruption on Young Women Enrolled in an HIV Cure-Related Clinical Trial in Durban, South Africa, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Ali Ahmed, et al. March 2026
- Consensus Building on Strategies That Address Medical Mistrust to Better Engage Priority Populations in HIV Cure Research, Behavioral Medicine, Anastasia Korolkova, et al. February 2026
- Impact of analytical treatment interruptions on sexual behaviors: a mixed-methods longitudinal study of women enrolled in an HIV cure–related trial in Durban, South Africa, HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Karine Dubé, et al. December 2025
- Resolving Challenges in HIV Cure–Related Research: Protocol for a Modified Delphi Consensus-Building Process, JMIR Research Protocols, John Sauceda, et al. August 2025
- 'It is scary to pause treatment': perspectives on HIV cure-related research and analytical treatment interruptions from women diagnosed during acute HIV in Durban, South Africa, HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Deli Mthimkhulu, et al. January 2025
- "This Is Actually a Really Unique Moment in Time": Navigating Long-Acting HIV Treatment and HIV Cure Research with Analytical Treatment Interruptions—A Qualitative Interview Study in the United States, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Karine Dubé, et al. August 2024
- Increasing the meaningful involvement of women in HIV cure-related research: a qualitative interview study in the United States, HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Karine Dubé, et al. August 2023
- 'With this study, we have hope that something is coming': community members' perceptions of HIV cure-related research in Durban, South Africa – a qualitative focus group study, HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Karine Dubé, et al. August 2023
- A Community Call to Action to Prioritize Inclusion and Enrollment of Women in HIV Cure-related Research, JAIDS, Danielle Campbell, December 2022
- Considerations for Increasing Racial, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexual Diversity in HIV Cure-Related Research with Analytical Treatment Interruptions: A Qualitative Inquiry, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Karine Dubé, et al. January 2022
- Participant Perspectives in an HIV Cure-Related Trial Conducted Exclusively in Women in the United States: Results from AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5366, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Karine Dubé, et al. April 2020
News Coverage
- CROI 2022: Fourth potential stem cell HIV cure – in a US woman using donor cord cells, EATG, February 2026
- Antibody from Tanzanian woman suppresses almost all tested HIV variants including resistant viruses in pre-clinical study, AIDSMap, November 2025
- The Importance of Sex in HIV Cure Strategies, amfAR, October 2025
- Women may naturally control HIV better than men, EATG, October 2025
- Diversity and equity in HIV cure research, A research briefing, AIDSMap, July 2024
- 'Elite Controller' Sandra Harrigan-Thompson Loves Being Involved in Cure Research, TheBody, June 2023
- Barcelona woman controls HIV for over 15 years without treatment, AIDSMap, August 2022
- First case of HIV cure in a woman after stem cell transplantation reported at CROI-2022, World Health Organization, March 2022
- New York woman is free of HIV 14 months after stem cell transplant, AIDSMap, February 2022
- There's a Second Woman Whose Immune System Seems to Have Cured Her HIV. What Does This Mean for the Rest of Us? TheBody, November 2021
- An HIV cure may work differently for women and men; More women need to be engaged in cure-related studies, AIDSMap, March 2020
Background on HIV Research and Women
- Understanding Clinical Trials (The Well Project)
- WRI 2022 - Advancing Meaningful Inclusion of All Women in HIV Research and Clinical Trials (The Well Project)
- Why Including Women in HIV Research Matters (Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation)
Blogs and Other First-Person Reports from The Well Project
- South African Child Virtually Cured of HIV: A Case Study from the 2nd US HIV Cure Research Academy
- Learning from HIV Controllers: A Recap from the 2nd US HIV Cure Research Academy
- Considerations of Sex and Gender: A Recap from the 2nd US HIV Cure Research Academy
- HIV Cure Academy - a poem
- The Cure Research Academy
- Learning Cure Science While Life Keeps Life-ing: A Recap from the 2nd US HIV Cure Research Academy
- I Don't NEED It.
- From the Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS to South Africa, Part 2
- Cure Me(etings)
- Learning About HIV Cure Research from Long-Term Survivors: A Recap from USCHA 2023
HIV Cure Research Education |
Education and Training
- Finding a Cure for HIV (The Well Project)
- HIV Cure Cases and Cure-Related Research Strategies (The Well Project)
- TAG CUREiculum (Treatment Action Group)
- Strategies Toward an HIV Cure (AVAC)
- Approaches to an HIV cure (NIAID 2018)
- HIV Cure: What does it Mean and What's on the Horizon? (PAVE)
- Evidence to Action Webinar: Approaching a Cure for Pediatric HIV (PAVE)
- Ecos de IAS 2025 y Nuevos Avances en el Campo de la Cura (HANC)
- Curing HIV: How Far Have We Come? (amfAR)
- HIV Cure & Immunotherapies Approaches: a brief overview (CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research or ctn+)
- Joining Forces To Advance HIV Cure Research (BEAT HIV)
Community-Focused Information and Tools
- 2026 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop (playlist)
- 2025 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop (playlist)
- HIV Cure and the Environment (AVAC)
- Cure Research: What Is It and What Do You Need to Know? (HANC)
- Game Changers: Who & What is Behind an HIV CURE-Directed Study (I4C)
- The Top 10 Things to Think About Before Joining an HIV Cure Study (I4C)
- The Art of A.T.I. Explaining Therapy Interruptions (I4C)
- Time. Commitment. What it Takes to be in a Cure Directed Study (I4C)
- "We can cure HIV:" a conversation with Emory University (ERASE-HIV)
- I-COUNT: Inclusion, Community Outreach and Understanding for New Therapies
- Responding to Questions on HIV Cure Research in African, Caribbean and Black Communities (CanCURE)
Language and HIV Cure |
- Language for HIV Cure (AVAC)
- Language for HIV Cure (Martin Delaney Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research)
Organizations and Efforts Advancing HIV Cure Research |
- Martin Delaney Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research (MDC)
- National Institutes of Health-funded Research Networks (US)
- Advocacy-For-A-Cure Academy (AVAC)
- amfAR
- Santhe Health (Africa)
- Transcendendo (Brazil)
- Irsicaixa (Spain)
- SPIRAL (The Netherlands)
- FRESH Cohort (Africa)
HIV Cure Research Finders |
- Get involved (NAPWHA, Australia)
- Victorian HIV Cure Volunteer Database Newsletters (Positive Women, Australia)
We will regularly update this resource so please visit often – and remember that we welcome your input! If you know of resources we should include, please submit them via our Women and Cure Research document, where you can also sign up for our listserv dedicated to women and HIV cure.
This resource has been developed through a grant from Merck.
