Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and Director of the Global Health Research Center in Central Asia (GHRCCA), has received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Dr. El-Bassel and her research team Louisa Gilbert, Dr. Susan Witte, Dr. Anne Brisson, and Dr. Elwin Wu will collaborate with Dr. Chris Beyrer from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, GHRCCA researchers and experts from Kazakhstan including Drs. Assel Terlikbayeva, Baurzhan Zhussupov from the Centers of Disease Control, and Dr. Gulnara Askarova from the Republican Skin and Venereal Disease Institute to conduct an innovative couples-based HIV/STI study in Central Asia. Read more.
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