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Carla Ingle Recognized by the UC San Diego Chancellor's Call to Service Program
Carla Ingle has been an integral member of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program for the last 11 years. Besides facilitating the critical research of the organization in her capacity as a Project Coordinator she gives back to the community via the volunteer work she conducts during her personal time.
She is a member of the UC San Diego Chancellor's Call to Service that challenges UC faculty and staff to contribute 50 hours or more of community service in order to promote social responsibility. She was featured in the October 2013 Volunteer 50 Newsletter for one of her many public service activities, her work with Camp Reach for the Sky, a free outdoor adventure program for children with cancer and their families.
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Dr. Erin Morgan Received the 2013 Nelson Butters Award!
The HNRP’s Erin Morgan, PhD, received the Nelson Butters Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. The Nelson Butters Award is granted for the best manuscript published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology during the preceding year. Her research on intra-individual neurocognitive variability among HIV infected persons was chosen from all submissions as especially noteworthy and deserving of recognition.
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Morgan EE, Woods SP, Grant I, and the HNRP Group. (2012). Intra-individual neurocognitive variability confers risk of dependence in activities of daily living among HIV-seropositive individuals without HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. 27(3), 293-303.
HNRP Presentations at NAN 2013
Researchers representing the work of multiple studies (HNRC/TMARC/CNTN) within the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program present at the 33rd Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology in San Diego, California on October 16-19, 2013. Presentations include research on prospective memory, cognitive reserve, predictors of functional impairment and death, and health literacy among individuals impacted by HIV, HCV and/or methamphetamine.
Increased Risk of Neurological, Cognitive Deficits in Youth with HIV
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.
Physical Exercise is Associated with Less Cognitive Impairment
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.