RECENT HONORS AND AWARDS
- James Curran, MD, MPH
- Rollins School of Public Health
- Dr. Curran was recently named as a member of the Advisory Council for Office of AIDS Research, National Institute of Health for 2006-2009.
- Carlos del Rio, MD
- Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health
- On April 1, Dr. del Rio assumed the role of Chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health in the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. del Rio notes ,"I am thrilled by the opportunity to lead the Hubert Department of Global Health at a time when unprecedented resources from both governments and philanthropic organizations are being directed to address health problems and inequalities affecting populations around the world. My goal will be to continue to attract the best and brightest students and faculty to the department and the Rollins School of Public Health. The lessons we all learn from global health will also benefit the populations of the United States,” he adds. “We need to 'think globally but act locally.’”
- Raymond Schinazi, PhD
- Department of Pediatrics
Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine
- In July, 2009, Dr. Schinazi was the first University of Bath alumnus to join the "Chancellor's Roll of Honor." Dr. Schianzi funded the Schinazi International Exchange Programme (SIEP) with a personal gift to the University of $500,000. The SIEP program enables two researchers from Bath and Emory to study at each other's institutions.
In 2006, Dr. Schinazi received The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 'Top Innovators in America' award, the Hepatitis B Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award, and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree awarded from the University of Bath, UK (for research accomplishments in the field of HIV and biotechnology)
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NEWS
NEWSLETTERS
- The Prevention News Update, published by the National Prevention Information Network, is a free subscription listserv that provides daily emails of national, international, and medical news about HIV/AIDS from major newspapers, wire services, medical journals, and news magazines. They also have a searchable database of more than 5,600 abstracts of archived articles.
- The CFAR Connection, published by the Emory CFAR, is a quarterly newsletter containing information about new CFAR investigators and adjunct investigators, intramural and extramural awards received by Emory CFAR members, recent member publications and presentations, and upcoming HIV/AIDS events.
- The e-Spectrum, published by AID Atlanta, is a monthly email/website newsletter containing information about AID Atlanta-sponsored workshops, services, and fund raisers.
- The Hope Scope, published by the Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, is a newsletter containing information on Hope Clinic activities.
ONLINE AND PRINT RESOURCES
The Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) publishes Key Contacts, an online and print HIV/AIDS telephone list of helping agencies, organizations, and people. Editions are published every other year with the next edition scheduled for release in January 2007. Print versions of Key Contacts are available by contacting SEATEC at
seatec@emory.edu or 404-727-2929.
The National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) maintains a one-of-a-kind database that provide descriptions of more than 19,000 national, state, or city organizations that provide resources and services related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. Services include case management, counseling and testing, prevention, education and outreach, health care, support services, housing assistance, and legal counseling.
The National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) provides fact sheets, guidelines, reports, posters, brochures, videotapes, reprints of the CDCís Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and reprints of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports by mail of fax.
The Social and Behavioral Science (SBS) Core of the Emory CFAR maintains a repository of reliable and valid instruments with supporting documentation (i.e. scale origin; construct assessed, populations with which the scale was administered, reliability and validity information, scale length). The repository also includes the latest literature on methods of administering HIV/AIDS related measures including use of QDS systems, Palm-assisted surveys, telephone delivered assessments, paper-and-pencil surveys, as well as interviewer administered assessments. Also available are major methods for assessing critical psychosocial determinants of HIV-related risk behaviors such as attitudinal and normative factors.
The Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) publishes Clinical Management of the HIV-Infected Adult. This is a manual for midlevel clinicians, and was last updated in 2003. Online, searchable, and downloadable versions are available by clicking the link above. Click here for information on ordering a softcover or CD copy of the manual.
HIVDENT is a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV disease. The HIVdent website disseminates state-of-the-art treatment information and shares expertise in advocacy, development, training, integration, and evaluation of oral health services for the HIV-infected population.
