The AIDS epidemic,caused by HIV,found its way to the United States between the 1970s and 1980s,but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in homosexual men in Los Angeles,New York City,and San Francisco in 1981. Treatment of HIV/AIDS is primarily via the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs,and education programs to help people avoid infection.
Michael Lawrence Hendricks is an American psychologist,suicidologist,and an advocate for the LGBT community. He has worked in private practice as a partner at the Washington Psychological Center,P.C. in northwest Washington,D.C.,since 1999. Hendricks is an adjunct professor of clinical psychopharmacology and has taught at Argosy University,Howard University,and Catholic University of America. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University,where he was a University Professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health (PIH),an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. He was professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the University of Miami's graduate medical school in Miami,Florida. Founded in 1952,it is the oldest medical school in the state of Florida.
The Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) is the medical school of Wayne State University,a public research university in Detroit,Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,500 students in undergraduate medical education,master's degree,Ph.D.,and M.D.-Ph.D. WSUSOM traces its roots through four predecessor institutions since its founding in 1868.
The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa,Florida,and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is home to 14 colleges,offering more than 240 undergraduate,graduate,specialist,and doctoral-level degree programs. USF is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity" and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is designated by the Florida Board of Governors as one of three Preeminent State Research Universities.
Opened in 1984,the University of South Florida College of Public Health,offers master's degrees in Public Health (MPH),a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) which is a more academic and research oriented master's degree,and a master's degree in Health Administration (MHA),along with a doctorate (PhD) in Public Health and several dual degrees in collaboration with other colleges- most notably the dual PhD/MPH program in Applied Anthropology. The MHA in Public Health Practice is an innovative program for health professionals which can be attained through weekend executive or distance learning format.
Perry N. Halkitis is an American of Greek ancestry public health psychologist and applied statistician known for his research on the health of LGBT populations with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS,substance use,and mental health. Perry is Dean and Professor of Biostatistics,Health Education,and Behavioral Science at the Rutgers School of Public Health.
Anke A. Ehrhardt is a researcher in the field of sexual and gender development of children,adolescents,and adults. Her research has included a wide range of studies on determinants of sexual risk behavior among children,adolescents,heterosexual women and men,and the gay population,and on comprehensive approaches to preventing HIV and STD infection. Ehrhardt is the Founding Director of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University,where she has had a particular focus on research and advocacy for female-controlled methods of HIV prevention.
Seth C. Kalichman is an American clinical community psychologist and professor of social psychology at the University of Connecticut,known for his research into HIV/AIDS treatment and HIV/AIDS denialism. Kalichman is also the director of the Southeast HIV/AIDS Research &Education Project in Atlanta,Georgia,and Cape Town,South Africa,and the editor of the journal AIDS and Behavior. He is the developer of the Sexual Compulsivity Scale.
Jeffrey P. Nadler is an American Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS expert. His most recent position has been as Acting Director and Assistant Director of the Therapeutics Research Program,Division of AIDS (DAIDS),National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) where he oversaw NIH/NIAID-sponsored national and international HIV/AIDS research.
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor with the University of California,Los Angeles,Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. Rotheram is the professor-in-residence in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is the Director of the Global Center for Children and Families at UCLA and the former director of the Center for HIV Identification,Prevention,and Treatment Services.
Randy Borum is a professor and coordinator of strategy and intelligence studies in the school of information at the University of South Florida and has taught at USF since 1999. He is author/coauthor of approximately 160 professional publications,has worked with three Directors of National Intelligence (DNI) on the Intelligence Science Board (ISB),served on the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics,and is an instructor with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Programs for Investigations and Intelligence.
Thomas J. Coates is the Director of the multi-campus University of California Global Health Institute,a UC-wide initiative established to improve health and reduce the burden of disease throughout the world. He is Professor Emeritus at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Founding Director of the UCLA Center for World Health,a joint initiative of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health,He has conducted extensive research in the realm of HIV and is the Michael and Sue Steinberg Endowed Professor of Global AIDS Research within the Division of Infectious Diseases at UCLA and Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Health-related behavior is of particular interest to Coates. Throughout his career as a health expert,his theory-based research has been focused on interventions aimed at reducing risks and threats to health
John T. Sinnott is a physician,scientist,and business executive who is the Chairman of Internal Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine.
Hortensia Amaro is a Cuban-American educator,and formerly Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University and Associate Vice Provost of Community Research and Dean's Professor of Social Work and Preventative Medicine at the University of Southern California. Amaro was born in Cuba and moved to Los Angeles,California as a child. From a young age,she recognized that there was a demand for public health services in her area,particularly by immigrants and minorities. Amaro assisted in the development and implementation of numerous treatment and prevention models as well as the creation and establishment of several clinical interventions and programs dedicated to substance abuse,mental health and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention that target women and minorities.
Brian Mustanski is an American psychologist noted for his research on the health of LGBT youth,HIV and substance use in young gay and bisexual men,and the use of new media and technology for sexual health promotion and HIV prevention. He is a Professor of Medical Social Sciences,Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,and Psychology and Director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University,Chicago,Illinois.
The first case of HIV in a woman was recorded in 1981. Since then,numerous women have been infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. The majority of HIV/AIDS cases in women are directly influenced by high-risk sexual activities,injectional drug use,the spread of medical misinformation,and the lack of adequate reproductive health resources in the United States. Women of color,LGBTQ women,homeless women,women in the sex trade,and women intravenous drug users are at a high-risk for contracting the HIV/AIDS virus. In an article published by the Annual Review of Sociology,Celeste Watkins Hayes,an American sociologist,scholar,and professor wrote,"Women are more likely to be forced into survival-focused behaviors such as transactional sex for money,housing,protection,employment,and other basic needs;power-imbalanced relationships with older men;and other partnerings in which they cannot dictate the terms of condom use,monogamy,or HIV." The largest motivator to become part of the sex trade was addiction,the second largest being basic needs,and the third was to support their children/family.
Lisa Bowleg is an applied social psychologist known for conducting research on intersectionality in social and behavioral science and the relationship between social-contextual factors and stress,resilience,and HIV risk in Black communities.
Faye Z. Belgrave is a psychologist known for her research conducted for the benefit of the African American youth,specifically in the areas of substance abuse and HIV. She is currently a professor of Psychology and the founding director of the Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention (CCEP) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
