Conference Proceedings
Substance Use, Mental Health, and HIV:
Integrating Treatment as Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia | August 14, 2011
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California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers
Policy Briefs: January 2012
Question: How will new cost-sharing fees proposed for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program affect people living with HIV and AIDS in California?
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Kristen Ashburn: Photos of AIDS
In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
Seth Berkley: HIV and Flu – The Vaccine Strategy
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats — from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics.
Sex, Drugs, and HIV – Let’s Get Rational: Elizabeth Pisani
Armed with bracing logic, wit and her “public-health nerd” glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today’s political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations — from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia — demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.
CHIPTS Policy Core, in collaboration with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), is one of two Centers for HIV/AIDS Policy Research funded by the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. The purpose is to bring evidence to bear on current HIV/AIDS health policy issues at the local, state and federal levels. CHIPTS and APLA have produced four Policy Briefs.
This is a very interesting article from HealthyCal.org: http://www.healthycal.org/archives/7074
Beyond being a good summary of the challenges facing California through the 1115 Waiver implementation and Low Income Health Program roll-out, it also references the CHRP rapid response piece “Examining the Impact of the HIV-related State Budget Cuts: Comparing Alameda, Fresno, and Los Angeles Counties”.
Researchers Judith A. Stein, Eric Rice, and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus studied the association of maternal HIV with developmental outcomes among adolescents.
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies’ (CAPS) Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/STI Health Disparities at the University of California, San Francisco is accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Program. The deadline to apply is January 17, 2012.
This program allows scientists to access the extensive expertise of a team of mentors who are successful at conducting research in minority communities.
- This program is designed to assist investigators interested in conducting HIV research with ethnic minority communities to strengthen their programs of research and obtain additional funding for their work. The goals of the program are:
· To increase the quantity and quality of HIV research targeting vulnerable ethnic minority populations.
· To develop theory-based, culture-specific research methods for effective HIV-prevention interventions.
· To increase the number of minority group members among principal investigators funded by the NIH.
- Program participants will:
· Spend 6 weeks in San Francisco for 3 consecutive summers.
· Receive a monthly stipend for living expenses and roundtrip airfare to San Francisco.
· Receive up to $25,000 to conduct preliminary research before the second summer, to collect preliminary data for a larger NIH application.