ICHAD/SMART Africa started 2019 with a bang, submitting two new R21 grant applications in the first three weeks of the year. Both focused on addressing HIV-related stigma in different contexts. To celebrate the team’s hard work and launch the beginning of a new semester, Dr. Fred Ssewamala hosted the entire ICHAD/SMART Africa at Salt + Smoke restaurant on the Delmar loop in St. Louis. The team had a great time trying popovers, burnt ends and the restaurant’s award winning mac and cheese.