The HIV Center's International Portfolio

The HIV Center's international agenda particularly focuses on South Africa, Namibia, and Brazil, countries in which we have established research and community partnerships and a funded record of research initiatives. At the same time, we are expanding to other regions, such as Nigeria, China, Argentina, and Mexico, with feasibility, pilot, and training programs.The HIV Center's global work is facilitated and supported by its Global Community Core.

The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) at Columbia University provides advanced training in epidemiology, behavioral science, ethics, and basic science of HIV/TB for fellows from Southern Africa. HIV Center faculty have also been involved in many aspects of the global response to the AIDS epidemic, including advocacy and policy, responses.  The MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative is a one-year training program designed to help cultivate emerging leaders in South Africa who will make a major contribution to HIV/AIDS prevention advocacy at the local, regional, or national levels. The focus of the program is on reducing the spread of HIV and the impact of AIDS by addressing the role of gender inequality.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

CURRENT STUDIES:

◊A Multimedia Social Support Intervention: Adherence to HIV Care In South Africa
Robert Remien, Ph.D.

◊A Structural Intervention to Integrate Reproductive Health into HIV Care
Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.

◊Adapting CHAMP+ for South Africa: Supporting HIV-Infected Youth and Families
Claude Ann Mellins, Ph.D.

◊Anal Sex Practices among South African Women and Men 
Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.

◊Brazilian HIV Prevention for the Severely Mentally Ill
Milton Wainberg, M.D.

◊Developing an HIV Adherence and Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention in the Dominican Republic
HIV Center Pilot Study
Robert Remien, Ph.D. and Alan Berkman, M.D.

◊Female Condom Promotion among South African Students
Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.

◊ Minority Stress, Social Support, and Sexual Risk in South African MSM
Theo Sandfort, Ph.D.

◊Natural History of Rare Genetic Disorders
Maria New, M.D., and Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat.

◊ Predictors of HIV Risk Behavior Among Men in Argentina
Alex Carballo-Diéguez, Ph.D.

◊Religious Responses to HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Richard Parker, Ph.D.

◊Using Multimedia Technologies to Disseminate an HIV Prevention Intervention
Susan Witte, Ph.D. and Robert Remien, Ph.D.

RECENTLY CONCLUDED STUDIES:

◊HIV Risk Among Migrant Entertainment Industry Workers in Eastern China  
Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.

◊Love, Marriage, and HIV: Gender and HIV Risk
Jennifer Hirsch, Ph.D.

◊Training Service Providers in Dual Protection Counseling in China
Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.