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Researchers Receive $4.2M Grant to Improve PrEP Access and Prevent New HIV Infections

September 21, 2022 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Bronx county has the country’s fifth-highest rate of HIV diagnosis—but the lowest rate in New York State for use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medications that are extremely effective in preventing HIV infection. Physician-researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System have received a five-year, $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to compare two strategies for improving PrEP access and use in the Bronx.

UChicago Medicine’s emergency department maintains HIV screening despite pandemic interruptions

May 6, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine demonstrates how incorporating blood tests for HIV into standard COVID-19 screening in the emergency department allowed UChicago Medicine to maintain HIV screening volume during the pandemic.

STDs Rates During COVID-19 Pandemic Concern Experts

March 29, 2021 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

The most recent data available suggests reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have declined. This is good news, but experts at University of California San Diego AntiViral Research Center say STD rates could soon be on the rise again.…

Coming of Age: Emerging Health Preference Research Based on Established Scientific Standards

August 10, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of a series of articles focused on recent developments in the field of health preference research.

Rutgers Expert Available to Speak About COVID-19 and Heightened Risk for Those Living with HIV

April 13, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Preliminary data has shown that people living with HIV may be at heightened risk for severe complications from COVID-19 because they are simultaneously experiencing two epidemics that are synergistically interacting to create increased odds of death and disability. However, HIV…

Patients Better Informed About Health After HIV And HCV Tests That Give Immediate Results

February 26, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

When substance use disorder patients were tested for both HIV and hepatitis C virus at the same time and given the results within 20 minutes, they were far more likely a month later to indicate they had received results, compared with patients who were referred for testing services.

Testing HIV Testers

October 29, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

An innovative study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) used a youth-driven mystery shopper methodology to assess YMSM’s testing experiences in three metropolitan cities highly impacted by the HIV epidemic.

HIV testing to expand with UChicago Medicine’s $4.5 million grant

October 3, 2019 sarah JonasAnnouncement

More HIV testing will be available in the Chicago area, thanks to a five-year, $4.5 million federal public health grant recently awarded to the University of Chicago Medicine.