AIDS
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Julie Barroso to discuss patient-driven research on ‘long COVID-19’ in virtual event April 27
Professor of Nursing Julie Barroso will discuss patient-driven research as it relates to “long COVID-19,” the range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected with the virus on Tuesday, April 27, at noon CT. She also will discuss nursing care for long COVID-19 patients. Read MoreApr 22, 2021
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Removing the stigma of HIV and AIDS
In Tampa, Florida, in the early 1980s, young men were coming home to their parents to die. As a registered nurse, Julie Barroso cared for many of these AIDS patients in their final days. Read MoreFeb 23, 2021
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VUMC, Meharry and State Health Department receive NIH grant to establish AIDS research center
Vanderbilt University has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research with Meharry Medical College and the Tennessee Department of Health. Read MoreJun 25, 2015
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AIDS Clinical Trials Unit lands renewal of NIH funding
Vanderbilt University’s AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) has received a seven-year grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Defining patient retention
Vanderbilt researchers propose guidelines for defining patient retention in clinical studies – an important parameter that affects study conclusions and program evaluations. Read MoreJul 15, 2013
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Justice Edwin Cameron: “South Africa’s Constitutional Transition and AIDS: A Personal Account”
Watch video of Justice Edwin Cameron discussing “South Africa’s Constitutional Transition and AIDS: A Personal Account” April 11. Cameron is a justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court and serves as general secretary to the Rhodes Trust for South Africa. As the first senior South African official to publicly disclose his… Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Hope endures in Haiti
Seven years ago this month, I was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with a contingent of Vanderbilt University AIDS researchers and health care professionals. That was before the earthquake and subsequent cholera outbreak riveted international attention once again on this, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Yet hope endures, even in… Read MoreJan 19, 2011