Nabila El-Bassel, D.S.W.
Principle Investigator
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel is a professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the director of the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia. Over the past 18 years, Dr. El-Bassel has designed and tested HIV prevention strategies in clinical trials for women, men, and couples. She has also been funded to train junior faculty and research scientists on HIV prevention intervention science. Dr. El-Bassel has published more than 150 papers, and plays a prominent role in national and international leadership to combat the HIV epidemic.
Louisa Gilbert, Ph.D.
Co-investigator
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Dr. Louisa Gilbert is a co-director of the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia. She has served as an investigator on multiple NIMH and NIDA-funded studies. She has co-authored more than 80 articles with Dr. El-Bassel, and has presented papers at several international and national conferences on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. Her current area of research examines the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risk among drug-involved women, with a focus on designing gender specific HIV prevention interventions that address IPV and other traumas.