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Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A With Featured Research Trainee, Melanie Cruz

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Oct 5, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A With Featured Research Trainee, Melanie Cruz

Our Featured Research Trainee for October, Melanie Cruz, discusses Hispanic Heritage Month and her research on HIV neurocognitive disorders.

In the News: Chief Scientific Officer, PolicyLab Report, Risky Driving, Epilepsy, and HIV

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Jun 11, 2021

in Cornerstone Blog

This week’s In the News features the new Chief Scientific Officer, the PolicyLab Impact Report, and new studies in neurology and HIV.

Providing Unique Support for Health (PUSH)

The purpose of this study is to identify and engage young black or hispanic/latino men in Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC in HIV and substance use prevention using a new Mobile-enhanced Engagement intervention.

Vella Laboratory

The Vella Lab is a human immunology laboratory that applies high dimensional approaches to understand and improve humoral immunity and vaccine responses in settings of immune dysregulation.

Philadelphia International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials

Evaluating interventions to treat and prevent HIV infection and its consequences in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant/postpartum women through the conduct of high quality clinical trials.

Where Discovery Leads: Building Community Support for Mental Health and HIV in Botswana

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Jul 8, 2019

in Cornerstone Blog

Global health researchers developing culturally adapted approaches to safeguard mental health of Botswana’s youth living with HIV.

Where Discovery Leads: Building Better Strategies to Protect the Brain From HIV

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Jul 8, 2019

in Cornerstone Blog

Take a multimedia look at our HIV researchers' work – from our basic science labs, to our Center for Functional Neuroimaging, to Botswana's neighborhoods.

Richard M. Rutstein, MD

E-mail:

rutstein [at] chop.edu

Global Health Researchers Address Neurodevelopmental Impact of HIV in Botswana

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Nov 28, 2018

in Cornerstone Blog

New research based in Botswana from the Global Health Center seeks to better understand the neurocognitive impact of living with HIV.

Elizabeth Lowenthal, MD, MSCE

Dr. Lowenthal's work is focused on addressing health priorities for children in resource-limited settings. In addition to research projects she serves as research director for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Global Health Center, supporting junior researchers (and senior researchers newly working in international settings) to develop projects addressing other health priorities for children in resource-limited settings.

E-mail:

lowenthale [at] chop.edu