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E-Mail People who are racial, sexual, and gender minorities continue to be affected by HIV at significantly higher rates than white people, a disparity also reflected in the COVID-19 pandemic. The US HIV epidemic has shifted from coastal, urban settings to the South and rural areas. Despite its role as the largest funder for HIV research and global AIDS programs worldwide, the USA has higher rates of new HIV infections and a more severe HIV epidemic than any other G-7 nation. Series authors call for a unified effort to curb the HIV epidemic in the USA, including universal health coverage, programs to address disparities in HIV services, and actions to end discrimination and racism in health care.
Researchers say they need more relevant information about the spread and impact of the virus among Hoosiers. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 12:42 PM EST February 12, 2021
NOTRE DAME, Ind. As new and more transmissible forms of the novel coronavirus spread in Indiana and the state s vaccine rollout continues to expand, researchers say they need more relevant information about the spread and impact of the virus among Hoosiers.
The Indiana COVID-19 Registry has been tracking and updating pandemic data from Indiana since last summer in an effort to measure impacts of the virus, anticipate health care needs and foster better understanding of how the state is dealing with the virus.
The issue overview report for the 23rd Indiana Family Impact Seminar,
The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers, is now available. This report provides an overview of the issues covered in the seminar, which took place on 12/10/2020. The report is a collaboration of Christine McCall, Family Policy Intern and 2020 recipient of the Levien Family Policy Scholarship; Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Center for Families Director; and Rob Duncan, Family Policy Scholar.
The pandemic has highlighted the “digital divide”. Broadband access varies widely across Indiana, and affects key elements of the state budget including K-12 education and health care. This Family Impact Seminar shared evidence about useful policy strategies and featured the following presentations.
UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded 13 new grants to support innovative translational research projects in Western New York. The CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program provides seed money to investigators to assist them in developing promising new technologies and therapeutics from the conceptual stage to clinical studies.
“The pilot studies grant awardees for 2021-22 include projects that address significant translational research questions,” says CTSI Pilot Studies Program Director Brahm Segal, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and professor of oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. “In addition to developing new methods and technologies, these projects will foster cross-disciplinary collaborations and mentoring relationships.”