Award presentation:

Every spring, date to be announced.

Award Ceremony:

Grand Rounds at the end of each academic year

Coordination of award:

Theo Sandfort

Contact person for more information:

Theo Sandfort

The HIV Center has established a yearly publication award for the Center's Junior Investigators and Fellows. The recipient of the award is selected based on the quality of one of his or her first-authored and peer-reviewed papers published in calendar year before the award. An independent committee selects the awardee based on the following criteria:

• Innovation of the topic/approach
• Significance of the study to HIV/AIDS
• Clarity, consistency, and eloquence of the paper
• Caliber of journal in which the paper is published

Awardees of HIV Center Publication Award for Junior Investigators and Postdoctoral Fellows (2005-2011)

2011

Elizabeth Kelvin, Ph.D. for:

Kelvin, E. A., Mantell, J. E., Candelario, N., Hoffman, S., Exner, T. M., Stackhouse, W., & Stein, Z. A. (in press) Off-label use of the female condom for anal intercourse among a group of men in New York City. American Journal of Public Health.

2010
Huso Yi, Ph.D., M.S. for:

Yi, H., Sandfort, T.G. & Shidlo, A. (2010) Effects of disengagement coping with HIV risk on unprotected sex among HIV-negative gay men in New York City. Health Psychology, 29, 205-214.

and

Kate Elkington, Ph.D. for:

Elkington, K.S., Bauermeister, J.A. & Zimmerman, M.A. (2010) Psychological distress, substance use, and HIV/STI risk behaviors among youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 514-527.

2009
Tonya N. Taylor, Ph.D., M.S. for:

Taylor, T. N., Dolezal, C., Tross, S., & Holmes, W. C. (2008). Comparison of HIV/AIDS-specific quality of life change in Zimbabwean patients at Western medicine versus traditional African medicine care sites. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 49, 552 -556.

2008
Ezer Kang, Ph.D. for:

Kang, E., Mellins, C. A., Ng, W. Y. K., Robinson, L.-G., & Abrams, E. A. (2008). Standing between two worlds in Harlem: A developmental psychopathology perspective of perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus and adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 227-237.

2007
Shari Dworkin, Ph.D., M.S. for:

Dworkin, S., & Ehrhardt, A.A. (2007). Going beyond “ABC” to include “GEM”: Critical reflections on progress in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. American Journal of Public Health, 97, 13-18.

2006
Michael J. Stirratt, Ph.D., M.S. for:

Stirratt, M.J., Remien, R.H., Smith, A., Copeland, O.Q., Dolezal, C., & Krieger, D. (2006). The role of HIV serostatus disclosure in antiretroviral medication adherence. AIDS & Behavior, 10, 483-493.

2005
Brian Dodge, Ph.D. for:

Dodge, B., Sandfort, T., Yarber, W., & Wit, J. de (2005). Sexual health among male college students in the United States and the Netherlands. American Journal of Health Behavior, 29, 172-182.