In Memoriam: Dr. Dawn Smith

Dawn Smith, MD, MPH, MS

The HIV Center mourns the loss of Dawn Smith, MD, MPH, MS, an epidemiologist and medical officer with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).   

In Memoriam: Dr. Zena Stein

Dr. Zena Stein

Photo by Sandra Elkin.

The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, at Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene will forever miss its founding Co-Director Emerita Dr. Zena Stein, who died on November 7, 2021, at the age of 99.

New JIAS Supplement | Global Mental Health & HIV

JIAS

The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) has launched a new Special Issue entitled: “Global Mental Health and HIV Prevention and Care.” The Special Issue, guest-edited by Drs Robert H Remien, Melanie Amna Abas, Vikram Patel, and Dixon Chibanda, consists of a collection of articles focusing on mental health and HIV, predominantly in low- and middle-income settings with a high H

COMMITMENT TO ENDING ANTI-BLACK RACISM

Black lives matter photo

In the Summer of 2020, the Columbia University HIV Center Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Associate Fellows drafted the following letter in an effort to acknowledge and address anti-Black racism endemic to academia and public health in the United States. The letter as a whole makes policy and practice suggestions to the HIV Center to work towards greater racial equity and inclusion.

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