We are excited to have Amy join our team to provide leadership and strengthen our collaborations across our cores and with our community partners. Click here for more information about Amy.
CHIPTS Methods Seminar – UCLA-Semel Institute Center for Community Health
Joint Modeling of Incomplete Data with Diverse Variable Types using Latent-Variable Models
Presented by:
Thomas R. Belin, Ph.D.
Professor, UCLA Department of Biostatistics
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
2pm – 3pm
Abstract: In incomplete data sets with many variables and diverse variable types (e.g., continuous, ordinal categorical, nominal categorical), it is challenging to develop general-purpose strategies for handling missing data. After reviewing sequential regression imputation methods (e.g., IVEWare, ICE, MICE, MIDAS) that might be viewed as competitors, this presentation will discuss joint modeling strategies based on latent-variable models that allow for the inclusion of diverse data types. In particular, we will focus on the use of models that can be fit with the help of a parameter-extended Metropolis-Hastings strategy for drawing correlation matrices in an MCMC inference framework. Illustrative examples will be presented and future directions for research in this area will be considered.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a method to prevent HIV infection among those who are HIV-negative. PrEP involves the use of antiretroviral medications by those who are HIV-negative to reduce the risk of HIV infection via sexual transmission. A number of PrEP trials and demonstration projects has been implemented across the U.S. and around the world, including Los Angeles.
To download the list of clinical trials of PrEP conducted in Los Angeles, please click here: [Download not found]. Please note that all studies on the list have completed enrollment.
For more information about how to access PrEP and PEP in Los Angeles County, please click here: http://getprepla.com/.
August 8, 2013 – Mr. Tom Donohoe, Director of the UCLA Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, presented on the Affordable Care Act. The presentation was given as part of the HIV Community and Research Colloquia Series hosted by the Los Angeles County (LAC) Commission on HIV and the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS). The presentation specifically focused on Covered California (California’s health insurance marketplace) and how it impacts consumers living with HIV in Los Angeles County. Using case-based examples, the presentation helped to dispel misconceptions about what health care reform will do and not do for these populations infected and affected by HIV. The event was attended by over 130 participants, including members of the LAC’s Commission on HIV, local HIV service providers, key community stakeholders, and consumers of HIV prevention and care services. For a copy of the slides presented at the meeting, please click here. To view the presentation, please click below.
The presentation was followed by a panel discussion. The panelists included Derrick Butler, MD of THE Clinic, Aaron Fox of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, John Riley of AIDS Project Los Angeles, Carlos Vega-Matos of Los Angeles County Division of HIV and STD Programs, and Michael Kelly. To view the panel discussion, please click below.
CHIPTS hosts a monthly HIV Research and Community Colloquia Series in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV to highlight current issues and conversations surrounding HIV. Click here for past lectures and check out the events page for more information on future Colloquia presentations!
February 2, 2013
CHIPTS hosts a monthly HIV Research and Community Colloquia Series in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV to highlight current issues and conversations surrounding HIV. Click here for past lectures and check out the events page for more information on future Colloquia presentations!
What is Qpid.me?
A free, simple way to obtain, securely store and privately share your HIV/STD results.
We aim to make that always awkward, “um, have you been tested” situation a little easier by letting you have your STD results at your finger tips.
Biography: Ramin Bastani is founder of www.Qpid.me. The consistent theme in his work is to help people make better / more informed decisions. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a focus in the Entrepreneurship Program (Top Business Plan Award winner). Mr. Bastani is passionate about dramatically reducing the spread of HIV/STI’s through a radically different approach that will save lives, stop STD’s and help people have more (safer) sex!
CCH/HSRC Methods Seminar – UCLA-Semel Institute Center for Community Health – UCLA-Semel Institute Health Services Research Center
Spreading the Love, Nothing Else
Presented on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, by
Ramin Bastani
Founder, Qpid.me
UCLA’s Center for Community Health teams up with RFK High School for the Health Festival 2012
Congratulations to the IMPACT 2012 Runner-Up!
“Silent Love” by:
Nestor Venegas, Ari DeLeon, Fanny Ramirez, Patrick Freeman, Victor Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Julio Reyes, and Manny Pacheco
“Silent Love” was the product of one of the many HIV prevention programs at Vista Community Clinic which targets youth of color in non-traditional school settings (e.g., juvenile justice system, alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities, homeless shelters, etc.).
The program, titled CHATncsd, is an initiative funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. The program is unique in that it utilizes peer health educators to disseminate HIV prevention messages in person and via social media.
They are currently using Facebook (facebook.com/CHATncsd), Twitter (twitter.com/CHATncsd), and YouTube(youtube.com/CHATncsd) to accomplish this objective (YouTube houses the rest of the videos that were created through this program).
CLICK HERE to learn more about IMPACT 2012.
Congratulations to the IMPACT 2012 Grand Prize Winner!
“How I Use A Condom” by:
Sonny Ngyuyen and Justin Taylor
Artist Bio: Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor is a graduate from The Evergreen State College where his focuses were on media production and business leadership. Justin has volunteered as the marketing director for Capital City Pride for the past two years and he currently works as an HIV/AIDS prevention coordinator for Pierce County AIDS Foundation where he runs the Mpowerment Olympia project. Mpowerment Olympia seeks to mobilize young gay and bisexual men to create positive social connections for themselves while promoting safer-sex. With his background in media and an outstanding volunteer team, Justin has been able to find exciting new ways of engaging with his local gay community. Justin continues to be amazed by the dedication and talent of the volunteers he works with, specifically his friend and colleague Sonny Nguyen.
Presently, Justin is screening is first short film, “Tying the Knot” at film festivals across the nation. “Tying the Knot” was a successfully funded Kickstarter project about a closeted politician trying to find redemption through his secret kinky relationship with a male prostitute. As an artist, he’s held firm in the belief that the further you can transport someone outside of what they know, only for them to find the interconnection of our shared human experience; that’s the potential magic of creation that happens every time someone views your art.
“Whatever your goal is in life, it has to withstand the process, and drive you every step of the way to see it become something tangible, something real and effectual” – Justin Taylor
More info can be found at: Mpoweroly.org and JCTaylordesign.com
Artist Bio: Sonny Nguyen
Sonny Nguyen is a queer person of color, a community organizer, and a storyteller. To Sonny, all of these things are the same, are crucial to informing each other. Through spoken word poetry, Sonny weaves the realities of people living on the intersections of hardships into collective stories and messages. Sonny does not claim to speak for any movements, but does their best to echo the voices of those around them. Sonny’s work has been featured at queer events and youth poetry events across the Puget Sound area, but can regularly be seen on the Hook Up, Mpowerment Olympia’s YouTube show at www.youtube.com/mpoweroly. Sonny is very humbled to be part of a winning team with peer and close friend Justin Taylor.