HIV/AIDS

Our faculty has led on every aspect of the global response to HIV, from research into mother-to-child transmission to strengthening treatment and care systems to the history of stigma, advocacy, and coalition-building.

Faculty in HIV/AIDS

Angela Aidala

Associate Research Scientist

Sociomedical Sciences

Andrea Howard

Associate Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Amy Fairchild

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Alwyn Cohall

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences, Population and Family Health, and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Batya Elul

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center

Bruce Levin

Professor

Biostatistics

Claude Mellins

Professor

Medical Psychology (in Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Daniel Barth-Jones

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Diana Hernandez

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

David Hoos

Associate Research Scientist

ICAP

Debra Kalmuss

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

David Bell

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Denis Nash

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Daniel Pilowsky

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Elaine Abrams

Professor

Epidemiology and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Elizabeth Radin

Associate Research Scientist

ICAP

Eric Schrimshaw

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Francine Cournos

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Isaac Weisfuse

Associate Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Jessica Justman

Associate Professor

Medicine (in Epidemiology and ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Josh Ruxin

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

John Santelli

Professor

Population and Family Health

Jennifer Hirsch

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Karolynn Siegel

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Louise Kuhn

Professor

Epidemiology (in the Sergievsky Center)

Lisa Metsch

Chair and Stephen Smith Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Mary Ann Chiasson

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Medicine)

Moise Desvarieux

Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Marita Murrman

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Mark Hatzenbuehler

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Maureen Miller

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Miriam Rabkin

Associate Professor

Epidemiology (In ICAP) and Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

Neil Boothby

Allan Rosenfield Professor of Forced Migration and Health

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Peter Messeri

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Patrick Wilson

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ronald Bayer

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Robert Fullilove

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Richard Parker

Special Research Scientist

Sociomedical Sciences

Robert Klitzman

Professor

Psychiatry (in Sociomedical Sciences) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Rafael Perez-Figueroa

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center

Ruby Senie

Special Lecturer

Epidemiology

Sharon Mannheimer

Associate Professor

Epidemiology and Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

Sally Findley

Professor

Population and Family Health & Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Susan Michaels-Strasser

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Stephen Arpadi

Professor

Epidemiology and Pediatrics (in the Sergiesvky Center) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Scott Hammer

Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Salim Abdool Karim

Caprisa Professor for Global Health

in Epidemiology

Theodorus Sandfort

Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry)

Terry McGovern

Interim Chair and Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Wafaa El-Sadr

University Professor, Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health

Epidemiology (In ICAP)

Morgan Philbin

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Joanne Csete

Associate Professor of Clinical

Population and Family Health

Ellen Morrison

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

Helen-Maria Lekas

Associate Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Ilan Meyer

Professor Emeritus

Sociomedical Sciences

Jemima Frimpong

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Peter Taback

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

News & Features

Despite War and Famine, ICAP Fights HIV in South Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan, in East Africa, is the world’s youngest nation—and its birth was not an easy one. Still recuperating from four decades of conflict, earlier this year, the United Nations declared the country to be in an active famine. At the same time, like much of sub-Saharan Africa, the countr

Swaziland Survey Shows Impressive Progress in Confronting the HIV Epidemic

Swaziland

Key findings from the second Swaziland HIV Incidence Measurement Survey, SHIMS2, reveal impressive progress in confronting the HIV epidemic in the country. Results show a doubling in population viral load suppression since 2011 and a decrease by nearly half in the rate of new HIV infections.

Financial Incentives Enhance Viral Suppression Among HIV-Positive Persons in the U.S.

The use of gift cards significantly increased viral suppression and clinic attendance among HIV-positive patients, according to the latest study conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Findings showed that there was a four-percent higher percentage

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Siegel, K., Lekas, H. M., Onaga, M., Verni, R., & Gunn, H. (2017). The Strategies of Heterosexuals from Large Metropolitan Areas for Assessing the Risks of Exposure to HIV or Other Sexually Transmitted Infections from Partners Met Online. AIDS Patient Care adn STDs. View abstract.

Frye, V., & Koblin, B.A. (2017). HIV Self-testing in High-risk Populations. Lancet HIV. View abstract.

Melaku, Z., Lulseged, S., Wang, C. … & Abrams, E.J. (2017). Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Children Initiating HIV Care and Antiretroviral Treatment in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine & International Health. View abstract.

Hirsch-Moverman, Y., Daftary, A., Yuengling, K.A. … & Howard, A.A. (2017). Using mHealth for HIV/TB Treatment Support in Lesotho: Enhancing Patient-Provider Communication in the START Study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. View abstract.