<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/05-dual-nih-grants-hiv-care.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>10/21/2025 04:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Downstate Researchers Awarded Dual NIH Grants to Transform HIV Care</title><sub-title/><description>Two researchers from the Department of Medicine’s STAR Program at Downstate have received prestigious NIH grants to advance health equity through innovative HIV research. Their projects reflect Downstate’s mission to combine diagnostic innovation with insight into the social factors shaping prevention and care in underserved communities.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/_images/hirshfield-diaz.jpg" alt="two photos"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/05-dual-nih-grants-hiv-care.xml</loc><categories/></item>