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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 […]

Columbia’s Center for Justice Provides Educational Programs for Incarcerated Youth

HOW RIKERS INMATES AND COLUMBIA STUDENTS BUILT A TWITTER BOT—WITH NO INTERNET IN A NEW CLASS, INMATES LEARN TO CODE BEHIND BARS. Not long ago, a team from Columbia University set out to build an automated Twitter bot in a […]
 December 16, 2015

SIG Research Provides Perspective for International Business Times Article

Is ‘Chi-Raq’ Based On True Story? As Spike Lee Movie Opens, Chicago Violence Impact On Black Children Gets Another Turn In Spotlight The first time Ja’Mal Green witnessed what he believed was a murder, he was 10 years old. He […]
 December 16, 2015

Desmond Patton Featured in VICE Magazine: This Algorithm Will Try to Predict Which Gang Threats on Twitter Turn into IRL Violence

Spend a few minutes with Desmond Patton, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, and his research starts to sound like the premise of a sci-fi thriller. But when he explains how young people and gang members are […]
 December 16, 2015

Social Intervention Group Receives $4.8 million NIH Grant to Take Next Steps in Fight against HIV in Kazakhstan

The study will focus on 1) integrating HIV care with harm reduction treatments and 2) testing real-world effectiveness. As HIV incidence in many countries has fallen over the past decade, it has continued to increase in Russia, Eastern Europe, and […]
 November 5, 2015

Desmond Patton featured on NPR: When Social Media Fuels Gang Violence

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have become an everyday part of life for many young people — and increasingly, the way some, including rival gang members, threaten each other. The practice is called “cyber banging,” and it’s often led to fights […]
 October 9, 2015

Nabila El-Bassel Is a Guest Editor for JAIDS Special Issue on Women Who Use Drugs –

NOTE: Professor El-Bassel will be hosting an event with some of the contributors to this JAIDS special issue on October 30, 2015. Stay tuned for more details. Willma and Albert Musher Professor Nabila El-Bassel has collaborated with Harold Simon Professor […]
 June 10, 2015

New Study: Savings-Led Microfinance Reduces HIV Risk for Vulnerable Women in Mongolia

Oyuna (name changed), 43, is a single mother of six who lives in Mongolia. Not long ago, due to an extremely challenging economic environment that limits employment options for women, the only way to feed her family was to engage […]
 March 31, 2015

Marking 10 Years of Health Research in Central Asia, with Louisa Gilbert and Angela Aifah

Please subscribe to receive our podcasts automatically! AIDS has spread at an alarming rate over the past couple of decades within Central Asia, a region that is closely tied to the Silk Road, once an important trade route between China and Europe. The […]
 December 17, 2014

Increasing HIV/STI Prevention Among Women on Probation: New Study

Over one million formerly incarcerated women in the United States are currently on parole or under some form of community supervision. During that time, a significant number of them—more than 17 percent—will contract an HIV infection. The reasons for this […]
 November 20, 2014

T32 FELLOWSHIP SEMINAR: “20 Years of Treating HIV Behind Bars”

Date: Monday, November 10, 2014 – 12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Social Work Building, Room 311 Description: With Professor Josiah D. Rich of Brown University. Cosponsored by CSSW, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, and the Mailman School of Public Health. RSVP by November 4th to [email protected]. […]
 November 3, 2014
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