Download the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of the CDUHR newsletter. Features include: NY HIV Research Centers Consortium Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in HIV/AIDS Research; Marya Gwadz Becomes Deputy Director of CDUHR, Marya Gwadz and Noelle Leonard Move the NYU College of Nursing: IOM Releases a Report on HBV and HCV.
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CDUHR, the CFAR at the NYU School of Medicine (NIAID), and the NYU Office of the Executive Vice President for Health jointly funded two pilot project initiatives that integrate socio-behavioral and bio-medical research methods for HIV/AIDS research. Drs. M. Katherine Hutchinson and Nancy Van Devanter of the NYU College of Nursing received an award for A Pilot Study to Assess Feasibility for Integration of Saliva Screening for Antibodies to HIV-1/HIV-2 into NYUCD Dental Clinics. Dr. Perry Halkitis of the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, Human Development was funded for HIV, Illicit Drug Use and Aging in MSM.
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The NY HIV Research Centers Consortium funded two investigators for studies that focus on issues of particular relevance to the New York State HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dr. Susan Abramowitz of the NYU School of Medicine was funded for Evaluating Healthy Living Curriculum for HIV-Infected Youth. This study will assess a skills management intervention for HIV-infected adolescents to increase medication adherence. Dr. Carolyn Chu of the Montefiore Medical Center was funded for Effectiveness of a Collaborative Model of HIV Primary Care in the Bronx to evaluate health service delivery and treatment outcomes of HIV patients treated within primary care clinics. NYS Senator Tom Duane (D-Manhattan) was instrumental in securing funding for these grants. The grants will be administered by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Read the official press release here.
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