June 2024 Newsletter
Introducing Project PROTECTS, recent news & events, project updates, and more!
News
NYC Health Department-ERC CFAR HIV/AIDS and STI Research Symposium
On May 30, 2024, the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research (ERC CFAR) convened a half-day symposium featuring a keynote address by Sarah Braunstein, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Hepatitis, […]
AMETHST Year 2 Update
The American Transformative HIV Study (AMETHST) cohort— co-led by ISPH Investigator Dr. Christian Grov and Dr. Adam Carrico of Florida International University—is wrapping up Year 2! In 2022-2023, Dr. Grov […]
$2.8M awarded to study capacity of Ugandan adolescents to consent to research
ISPH Investigator Philip Kreniske has received $2.9M from NIMH for his study, ICARE (Improving understanding of Capacity to consent to sensitive biomedical Research among adolescents in Rakai Uganda). In partnership with the Rakai Health […]
WEATHERing HIV team hosts IWHOD session on extreme weather events
On March 20th, 2024 the WEATHERing HIV study team from CUNY SPH hosted a session on extreme weather events and their impact on HIV health outcomes in Vilamoura, Portugal, at […]
CUNY ISPH to launch next phase of community-based cohort study to track short- and long-term effects of multiple respiratory viruses
The City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), in collaboration with Pfizer, are initiating […]
PrEP Discontinuation in a U.S. National Cohort of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations, 2017–22
In the U.S., sexual and gender minority populations are disproportionately affected by HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a key prevention method, but its effectiveness relies on consistent usage. While a […]
Immune therapy changes in gut microbiome shed light on effectiveness of treatment
A study by CUNY ISPH Investigator Levi Waldron and colleagues investigated how gut microbiome changes in patients receiving immune therapy for advanced melanoma affect their treatment outcomes. By analyzing the gut bacteria […]
Mental health among LGBTQ individuals during pandemic varied by region, study finds
Symptoms of anxiety and depression among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals increased only in certain regions of the U.S. during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Rethinking how reproductive health care quality is measured
A study by CUNY ISPH researchers suggests the quality of reproductive health care should be measured from the patient’s perspective, rather than using current measures such as rates of “unintended” pregnancies. For […]