Media Coverage of the Institute
GW's HIV/AIDS Institute Focuses on Research, Education
The GW Hatchet - 4/3/09
GW's HIV/AIDS Institute has become a leader in prevention and education for the disease that currently affects 15,120 people in Washington, D.C. To read this article, please click here.
GW HIV/AIDS Institute Announces Awards
GW Progress - November 2008
GW's HIV/AIDS Institute announced the recipients of this year's GW Collaborative Faculty Awards for Research (GW CFAR), Oct. 22nd. Since spring 2008, the GW HIV/AIDS Institute has awarded two rounds of Collaborative Faculty Awards for Research, in an effort to promote interdisciplinary, collaborative HIV/AIDS research across departments and institutions; and to provide research seed money for the generation of data and partnerships that will be used to support federal grant applications. To read this article, please click here.
SPHHS Grand Rounds Look at the State of HIV/AIDS Epidemic
GW Progress - April 2008
As part of The School of Public Health and Health Sciences' Grand Rounds lecture series, the GW HIV/AIDS Institute co-sponsored the lecture, entitled "AIDS 2008: Science and Public Health in a Maturing Epidemic," presented by Dr. De Cock, Director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization, on March 4th. To read this article, please click here.
GW HIV/AIDS Institute Makes a Splash at National HIV/AIDS Conference
GW Progress - January 2008
Members of the GW HIV/AIDS Institute made several presentations at the 2007 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, GA in December. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Initiatives of the GW HIV/AIDS and Cancer Institutes
NBC 4's Viewpoint - September 9, 2007
Drs. Greenberg and Simon (HIV/AIDS Institute) and Patierno (Cancer Institute) were featured guests on NBC 4's Viewpoint (WRC-DC). The group discussed initiatives, research and goals of both the HIV/AIDS Institute and the Cancer Institute. To view the Viewpoint segment, please click here.
Group Takes on AIDS - Institute involves several GW departments
The GW Hatchet - April 9th, 2007
When Alan Greenberg was a medical student at GW decades ago, he described Washington as a "powerhouse of expertise" in the study and treatment of HIV/AIDS. But when he returned to Foggy Bottom in 2005 as the department chair of epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Public Health, he noticed that Washington has a wealth of AIDS research, but lacks a system for networking the resources. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Targeting HIV, AIDS in DC
GW Medicine and Health - Spring 2007
Since the first AIDS case was identified in the US nearly 26 years ago, about one million cases have been reported. A multitude of national and international health organizations have their headquarters in the Washington, DC area, yet, DC has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS cases in the U.S. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Acting Locally, Thinking Globally - New GW institute unites bright minds to advance HIV/AIDS research
GW Research - Winter 2006
On August 29, 1981 GW's Gary Simon diagnosed the first recognized HIV/AIDS patient in Washington, DC. More than a quarter century later, Simon and other GW faculty members are leading the fight against this deadly virus by creating an institute that focuses on research, clinical care, and collaboration among those in the medical community. To continue reading this article, please click here.
