UCSD professor and HNRP investigator Dr. Steven Woods co-authored a paper recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health reporting the incidence of neurocognitive deficits in youth infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were not receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.  The findings highlight that over two thirds of youth with behaviorally acquired HIV evidence neurocognitive deficits.  Previous studies have shown that cognitive deficits are common in older HIV infected individuals,  but this is the first time cognitive deficits have specifically been associated with HIV infection in youth. 

HNRP researchers Catherine Dufour and David Moore published findings in the Journal of NeuroVirology that physical exercise is associated with significantly less cognitive impairment in HIV-infected adults. Exercise seems to be good for one's mental health in addition to one's physical health.  If future longitudinal studies show that exercise can prevent or reverse cognitive decline this could be a practical intervention freely available to most individuals. 

UC San Diego fared well in a new global ranking of universities developed by the Center for the World University Rankings that evaluates education quality, student training, faculty prestige and the quality of research.

 

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Erica WeberErica Weber has been awarded the highly competitive 2013 American Psychological Foundation Benton-Meier Scholarship, which aims to "encourage and enhance the development of talented students in neuropsychology." She was competing against the cream of the crop from the nation's top programs.

Erica is currently in her fifth year of the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (NeuroPsychology track), studying under the mentorship of Dr. Steven Paul Woods at the HNRP.

dr mooreDr. Moore will be honored at the 2013 APA Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii as an emerging leader within the field of neuropsychology.  Additionally he had also been recognized for excellence at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 34th Annual Meeting for his abstract submission “Individualized texting for adherence building (iTAB) improves antiretroviral dose timing among HIV+ persons with Bipolar Disorder.”

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