The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT)

The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT) is the largest international HIV clinical research unit within the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre. It was established in 1996 as a collaboration between the TRC-ARC, the Kirby Institute of Infections and Immunity in Society/University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and the Amsterdam institute in Global Health and Development in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. HIV-NAT has been in the forefront in the field of HIV clinical research in Thailand and in the SEA region. HIV-NAT currently has 108 staff members.

Mission:
• HIV clinical trials (adults and pediatrics) including TB, HBV, HCV
• Training in HIV medicine: Annual symposium and Gilead-sponsored regional training courses for Asia
• Training in GCP and clinical trials
• Post-graduate studies
• One of the NIH-sponsored CTU sites (ACTG)

Vision:
To conduct HIV clinical research according to internationally accepted Good Clinical and Laboratory Practice and conduct clinical intervention studies that will yield answers to locally and regionally relevant research questions and to serve as a training center in the practical, ethical and scientific aspects of HIV care and clinical trials for healthcare workers in government or university teaching hospitals and other related organizations in the region.