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 University awards tenure to Associate Professor Elwin Wu

Columbia University has awarded tenure to Associate Professor Elwin Wu, an MS alumnus of the School of Social Work who has a doctorate in a cellular and molecular biology from Harvard University, with a concentration in mathematical, non-linear modeling in […]

January 14, 2014

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Louisa Gilbert Receive a $3.5M Five-Year Grant from NIDA

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Louisa Gilbert Receive a $3.5M, Five-Year Grant from NIDA for the First Efficacious Testing of a Couple-Based Intervention in Preventing HIV and Other Health Concerns Among Male Offenders and their Female Sexual Partners in Criminal Justice […]

January 14, 2014

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Elwin Wu Awarded a $1.2M, Five-Year Grant Renewal…

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Elwin Wu Awarded a $1.2M, Five-Year Grant Renewal from the National Institute of Mental Health for their Innovative HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Underrepresented New Investigators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2012 Contact: Dr. Nabila […]

January 14, 2014

Presentation List at the 2012 AIDS Conference

Oral Presentation Sunday, July 22, 1:30-3:30 El-Bassel, N. HIV Couple-based Behavioral Interventions: A Gender-based Approach. Poster Presentations Monday, July 23, 12:30-2:30 El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Goddard-Eckrich, D., Chang, M., Witte, S., Epperson, M.Prevalence and correlates of HIV and […]

January 14, 2014

Connect Disseminated to CDC-Funded Community-Based Organizations Nationwide

Developed and tested by SIG researchers, Connect is the first relationship-based HIV/STI prevention intervention with demonstrated effectiveness in reducing sexual risk behaviors when provided to individuals or to couples together (among a sample of HIV-negative, positive and serodiscordant couples). Connect […]

January 14, 2014

New Couple-Based Intervention for Drug Users in New York City Considerably Reduces Behaviors Linked to HIV/STIs

New Couple-Based Intervention for Drug Users in New York City Considerably Reduces Behaviors Linked to HIV/STIs November 2011—Over the years, research has established a strong association between drug use and risky sexual practices among heterosexuals in committed relationships. These behaviors […]

January 14, 2014

SIG Awarded Grant to Test Innovative Couple-Based Programs to Prevent HIV…

SIG Awarded Grant to Test Innovative Couple-Based Programs to Prevent HIV and Other Health Concerns Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (First Randomized Clinical Trial Testing a Couple-Based Intervention to Strengthen the Well-Being of Black Men in Same-Sex […]

January 14, 2014

Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Elwin Wu Identified as Top Scholars of HIV/AIDS in U.S. Schools of Social Work

September 2010— “HIV/AIDS Scholarship: An Analysis of Groundbreaking Programs and Individuals” by Anthony P. Natale and Donald Baker was published in the August 2010 issue of Social Work in Health Care. The study identified top scholars of HIV/AIDS in schools […]

December 16, 2013

Multisite Health Promotion Intervention Significantly Impacts Behaviors…

Multisite Health Promotion Intervention Significantly Impacts Behaviors Linked to Chronic Diseases Among African Americans May 2011—Medical advances such as Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) have shifted the progression of HIV from terminal to chronic. Concomitantly as patients live longer, they […]

December 16, 2013

HIV Intervention Science Training Program Holds 2008 Summer Training Institute

This June the HISTP welcomed the first and second cohorts of training fellows, their primary and secondary mentors, members of the Scientific Advisory Board, and the Executive Board to the 2008 HISTP Summer Training Institute at the Columbia University School […]

December 16, 2013

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