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 […]

Stop and Frisk? A Special Presentation by the Morris Justice Project

At the invitation of the Community Collaborative Research Network (a new initiative of the Social Intervention Group at Columbia University’s School of Social Work), the Morris Justice Project reported on findings from two years of documenting experiences with the police […]

March 29, 2017

Presentation: Looking Inward to Create Sustainable Development

Date: Friday, March 31 Time: 2:00–5:00 pm Location: Room C05, Social Work Building, 1255 Amsterdam Ave., NYC As Ubuntu Education Fund’s Chief Program Officer, Jana Zindell oversees the strategic development and implementation of the organization’s programs. She spearheaded the creation of the […]

March 16, 2017

ASPIRE Website Launched

We are excited to announce the launch of ASPIRE’s website! ASPIRE’s principal investigators are Nabila El-Bassel and Neeraj Kaushal. Dr. El-Bassel is the Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work at the Columbia School of Social Work and directs […]

February 24, 2017

Free SBIRT Webinar: Addressing Partner Violence Among Young Women Who Use Drugs or Alcohol

WINGS: An Evidence-based SBIRT Intervention for Addressing Partner Violence Among Young Women Who Use Drugs or Alcohol Thursday, March 2, 2017 @ 3-4:30pm ET(2CT/1MT/12PT) Description: This free webinar will present recent research findings on WINGS (Women Initiating New Goals of Safety), […]

January 26, 2017

Professor Desmond Patton Featured in Columbia News

Faculty Q&A: Social Scientist Desmond Patton Studies Inner City Violence CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE.

November 30, 2016

Free Webinar on National Implementation of High Impact Couples-Based HIV Prevention and Treatment Adherence: Friday, December 2nd at 11am

Free 1-hour webinar to be held on Friday, December 2nd at 11:00 AM ET, conducted by Columbia University. This webinar is open to agencies currently implementing Connect and those who are interested in implementing the new ConnectHIP or couples-based HIV prevention. More […]

November 28, 2016

Support Global Social Work Scholars Head Overseas!

In keeping with its tradition as a school of global firsts, the Columbia School of Social work has created an opportunity for students to do their second-year field placements overseas. The first Global Social Work Scholars will head to Zambia, […]

October 27, 2016

How Studying Emojis May Prevent Violence – WYPR Podcast with Professor Desmond Patton

Professor Patton goes On The Record at WYPR to discuss how analyzing social media posts, even hashtags and emojis can prevent violence among young people. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

October 20, 2016

National Implementation of High Impact Couples-Based HIV Prevention

In the absence of a vaccine or cure for HIV infection, behavioral risk reduction and treatment adherence (HIV Testing Together, initiation of pre-exposure prophylaxis [PrEP] or post-exposure [PEP] for HIV negative persons or anti-retroviral treatment [ART] adherence for HIV positive […]

October 17, 2016

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