Now todays event is cosponsored by the center for aids research known as see far. Its a collaboration across the three Johns Hopkins schools the schools of Public Health medicine and nursing. And with support from the university provost. Founded seven years ago its committed to ending the hiv epidemic through the promotion of trans Disciplinary Research and importantly very importantly by training the next generation of hiv aids researchers both here in t the u. S. And abroad. The return on investment is quite clear. As just one example hiv funding for junior investigators has risen from 7 of nih funds from before cfar was established to 25 of all nih Research Funding now. This has created a larger pool of welltrained and empowered hiv experts who in the past decade have accelerated the work to get as near to the Necessary Solutions for this epidemic and getting us to the goals we are striving for. While hiv impacts the health of populations worldwide and particularly pleased that cfar