Political, Social, and Structural Forces Driving the HIV Epidemic

Though tremendous progress has been made toward ending the HIV epidemic, we still have a very long way to go to achieve the UNAIDS goal of ending the epidemic by 2030. In fact, our director Dr. Nabila El-Bassel wrote about […]

The Complexity of Intimate Partner Violence

What happens when cultural and structural issues prevent partners from reporting intimate partner violence? In some cases, death. Silence can perpetuate this violence, and, as illustrated in the story of Devineil Brown written by The Ink NYC, silence can be […]

Dr. Nabila El-Bassel Awarded $3.5 Million 5-Year Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Dr. Nabila El-Bassel and her research team were awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to test the efficacy of a couples-based HIV/STI intervention for injection drug users (IDUs) in Kazakhstan, Central Asia. For more […]

December 16, 2013

Mongolia Women’s Wellness Study Findings Presented in Ulaanbaatar

Susan Witte, PhD (SIG), Marion Riedel, PhD (Faculty Affiliate), Aira Toivgoo, PhD (Project Director), and Altantsetseg Batsukh, MD, MSW (GHRCCA Staff) presented the findings of the Women’s Wellness Project–a two-year NIAAA-funded randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of a gender-specific […]

December 16, 2013

Dr. Susan Witte presents paper at American Center for Mongolian Studies

November 5, 2009—Susan Witte, PhD, and Altantsetseg Batsukh, MD, MSW, co-PIs on the Women’s Wellness Project, presented a paper at the American Center for Mongolian Studies. The presentation discussed baseline findings from the Women’s Wellness Study on experiences of trauma […]

December 16, 2013

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Elwin Wu Receive a $1.4 Million Grant from NIMH to Establish Racial/Ethnic Minority Scientist Training Program

April, 2007–Drs. El-Bassel and Wu received a National Institute of Mental Health grant to establish a 3-year training program aimed at increasing research and ethnic minority (REM) investigators in HIV intervention science research. The HIV Intervention Science Training Program for […]

December 13, 2013

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