Overview of Research

Faculty members of the HIV/AIDS Institute are engaged in a wide array of research activities ranging from basic science to clinic care to policy analysis. The primary areas of research of include the following...

• Basic science research to improve understanding of the virology of HIV infection
• Psychosocial, behavioral, and epidemiologic risk factors for HIV transmission
• Behavioral and biomedical prevention interventions to interrupt HIV transmission in the domestic and international setting
• Optimization and evolution of the clinical management of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
• Health policy issues revolving around HIV/AIDS
• Organizing, financing, and evaluating model HIV/AIDS systems of care
• Application of health services research, operations research, and epidemiology to the study of HIV/AIDS disease burden through the use of large administrative databases
• Application of operations research and qualitative techniques to the evaluation of the HIV outreach, counseling and testing, and care continuum

For further information about ongoing research projects, please visit the Institute Faculty and Research Snapshots web pages.