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 […]

An Interview with Dr. Nabila El-Bassel about new Criminal Justice Training Program at Columbia University

We recently had the chance to sit down with Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, who is a Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work, the Director of the Social Intervention Group (SIG), the Director of the Columbia University Global Health Research […]

November 3, 2014

The Ebola Crisis as seen from the Lens of International Social Work

With the deaths of thousands of people in West Africa, the World Health Organization has called the latest Ebola outbreak “the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times.” But does this reality, and the threat the virus poses […]

October 28, 2014

Talking to Professor Nabila El-Bassel about Setting, and Stepping Up, the Pace of AIDS Intervention

Originally posted by the Columbia School of Social Work —Compiled and edited by ML Awanohara July 22, 2014 The Communications Office at the Columbia School of Social Work caught up with Nabila El-Bassel, the Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social […]

July 25, 2014

Interview with Omar Martinez on Latinos en Pareja

According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, in 2011, Latinos in the US represented 21% of new HIV infections (10,159) while representing approximately 16% of the total US population. Latino men who have sex with […]

June 18, 2014

Interdisciplinary Training Program Awarded to Columbia University

National grant supporting HIV and drug abuse prevention in criminal justice system May 20, 2014 — The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced funding for a new research training program […]

May 27, 2014

Susan Witte to present at ACMS Speaker Series in Mongolia

ACMS Speaker Series: Efficacy of a savings-led microfinance intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV among women engaged in sex work: A randomized clinical trial 5:30 PM, Tuesday- May 6th, 2014, American Corner, ULAANBAATAR Main entrance of Natsagdorj Library. Poverty, gender inequity […]

April 25, 2014

CSSW features Professors Elwin Wu and Craig Schwalbe in New Podcast

The Tenure Process, with Craig Schwalbe and Elwin Wu February 11, 2014 SOCIAL WORK MATTERS Podcast: Episode 005 At the Columbia School of Social Work, as many as eleven faculty members have been awarded tenure over the past ten years. This […]

February 14, 2014

“David’s Demise”: A Commemoration of World AIDS Day 2013 –

December 9, 2013 In honor of World AIDS Day 2013, the Columbia School of Social Work Social Intervention Group (SIG), in collaboration with the HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Underrepresented New Investigators (HISTP), hosted the seminar: “The Road Ahead: HIV/AIDS […]

January 15, 2014

Wings of Hope Project Adapts the WINGS Intervention for Women Drug Users in Kyrgyzstan

Funded by the Open Society Foundations (2012-2013), the Wings of Hope project will test the feasibility and preliminary effects of the Women Initiating New Goals for Safety (WINGS) intervention, which was designed to increase the identification of intimate partner violence […]

January 15, 2014

Nabila El-Bassel Guest-Edits Journal Special Issue on AIDS in Central Asia

December 1, 2013 Drug and Alcohol Dependence (DAD), an international journal on biomedical and psychosocial approaches to drug, alcohol, tobacco use and dependence, has published a special issue on HIV in Central Asia, entitled “HIV and People Who Use Drugs in Central […]

January 15, 2014

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