Kaitlin Blackstone Announced as Society for Clinical Neuropsychology Blue Ribbon Award Winner

Kaitlin Blackstone’s Division 40 abstract submission for this year’s Society for Clinical Neuropsychology conference taking place June 25-28, 2014 was the top rated student author submission for scientific merit and impact.  Her research investigated the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIH-TB-CB) as a possible brief neurocognitive screening instrument for use in a clinical setting to identify HIV+ individuals with evidence of some level of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). 

David Moore Featured in UC Social Media Campaign Video "PrEParing for HIV"

UC researchers, including Dr. David Moore of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, are conducting a 4-year study on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).  PrEP is a prevention strategy for people at high risk for contracting HIV. 

HNRP Investigators Participated in the 2014 Chennai ART Symposium

Drs. Ajay Bharti, Igor Grant, Scott Letendre and Davey Smith presented at the Chennai Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Symposium that took place April 26-27, 2014 at the Hotel Leela Palace, Chennai, India.  The symposium was hosted by Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education,  a non-profit medical and research institution in Chennai which provides medical care for more than 19,000 persons with HIV disease.

HNRP Doctoral Student Receives Dissertation Award

Congratulations to Kaitlin Blackstone, who has been granted a dissertation award from the Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology. The purpose of the Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Dissertation Award is to assist doctoral students of psychology with research costs to promote research in the field of rehabilitation psychology.

Kaitlin is currently in her fourth year of the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (NeuroPsychology track), studying under the mentorship of Drs. Robert Heaton and David J Moore at the HNRP.

Brookie Best Appointed to Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council

HNRP Investigator Brookie M. Best, PharmD, MAS, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Admissions and Outreach, University of California, San Diego received an appointment to the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) on July 1, 2013.  She served as a scientific member with pharmacology expertise on the working group “Panel on Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission Guidelines".

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