Media Coverage of Institute Members
HIV Research Published
GW Progress - February/March 2008
Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH, professor and chair, Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, recently co-authored three published
papers on important HIV research topics... To continue reading this article, please click here.
HIV Forum Receives Gates Contract to Explore HIV Interventions
GW Progress - February/March 2008
The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, housed in the School of Public Health and Health Services' (SPHHS) Department of Prevention and Community Health, recently received a contract from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for more than $1.2 million. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Karcher Named Pathology Chair
GW Progress - February/March 2008
Following a year-long national search, Donald Karcher, MD, was recently appointed chair of GW's Department of Pathology. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Teen Voices of AIDS
As the Epidemic Continues, Some Young Victims Begin to Speak Up
Washington Post - January 8, 2008
For nearly a quarter-century they have come to the first floor of Children's Hospital: teenagers infected through circumstances, always tragic, or through choices, admittedly bad ones. More than 30 new cases in 2007 alone, as the epidemic that is HIV and AIDS extended its reach through a second generation of adolescents. To continue reading this article, please click here.
The Forgotten H.I.V. Test
NYTimes - September 22, 2007
Twenty-five years after the outbreak of H.I.V. in the United States,
there are about 40,000 new cases of infection a year, and an estimated
quarter-million people who have H.I.V. but do not know they are
infected. That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
has recommended that every emergency room patient ages 13 to 64 should
be offered an H.I.V. test. To continue reading this article, please
click here.