HIV/AIDS
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Grant bolsters HIV pharmacy support program
The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic has received a nearly $40,000 grant for 2013-2014 from the Baptist Healing Trust (BHT) for its Pharmacy Support Program, which provides free or low-cost medications to people with HIV/AIDS. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Justice Edwin Cameron of South Africa to speak at Vanderbilt April 11
Justice Edwin Cameron, the first senior South African official to publicly disclose his diagnosis of HIV, will discuss “South Africa’s Constitutional Transition and AIDS: A Personal Account” during an April 11 Chancellor's Lecture Series event at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 22, 2013
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Genetic testing just one weapon in HIV/AIDS fight
Genetic testing has revolutionized the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. But it is not a panacea. Read MoreJan 24, 2013
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Study seeks to ease HIV transmission rates in Nigeria
Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) have received a major federal grant to study whether an integrated, family-focused approach can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV — the AIDS virus — in Nigeria. Read MoreNov 8, 2012
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VU research shines at international AIDS meet
Vanderbilt University’s Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, M.D., MPH, DrPH, received the IAS/ANRS Young Investigator Award at the International AIDS Conference last week in Washington, D.C. Read MoreAug 2, 2012
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Host countermeasure hinders HIV
New details about a host mechanism that fights off HIV may reveal strategies for therapies to treat or prevent HIV infection. Read MoreSep 8, 2011
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Vanderbilt partners with Chinese government to reduce HIV in gay men
Vanderbilt University researchers are partnering with the Chinese government to test methods for reducing the spread of the AIDS virus among gay men. Read MoreMay 4, 2011
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“Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS: Old Challenges and New Paradigms”
Watch video of the March 22 Chancellor’s Lecture Series talk. Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Director Sten Vermund presents “Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS: Old Challenges and New Paradigms” as part of the 2010-2011 Chancellor’s Lecture Series. HIV/AIDS continues to be a global medical emergency of unprecedented proportions with multiple… Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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New Comprehensive Care Center at One Hundred Oaks feels like home to its first patient
Dr. Stephen Raffanti, M.D., with Loren Antes at the Comprehensive Care Clinic opening. (Photo credit: Joe Howell, Vanderbilt University) Loren Antes, 41, was dying to stay alive – literally. Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1987, Antes was subjected to a pharmaceutical regime that just about killed him. Each day he faced… Read MoreDec 1, 2010