Collection consists primarily of correspondence about grant programs, between colleagues and researchers in Immunology, about Immunology conferences, and national and international HIV/AIDS research. Fahey helped to establish several UCLA Institutes, such as the NIH-funded Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Immunology and Disease (CIRID), initiated in 1978. CIRID focuses on research and capacity-building educational programs with India, thus the majority of the collection includes correspondence with Indian colleagues and researchers. Correspondence discusses programs and ties with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Fahey also helped establish the UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) in 1988, with the objective of training health professionals from developing countries in multidisciplinary research for prevention of HIV infection, transmission and disease progression, and effective clinical management of HIV-infected individuals. Some correspondence thus relates to other developing nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The collection includes many grant applications, biographical sketches and correspondence of Fogarty recipients, as well as program details. Other institutes referenced in the collection are the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA AIDS Institute/Center for AIDS Research, UCLA Clinical Immunology Research Laboratory (CIRL), the Concern Foundation and the International Union of Immunological Societies. In addition, there is extensive correspondence relating to Fahey's international travel for conferences and other HIV/AIDS research programs.
