A Summary of Wu et al.’s Article: “Overcoming HIV Stigma”
By Alice Zhang People living with HIV (PLHIV) often face stigma that is multilayered and multifactorial. The stigma that they face can be associated with misconceptions about HIV, but it can also be linked to marginalized behaviors and identities. For … Read more
Weighing Risks and Benefits of HIV Cure Research: Perspectives of People Living with HIV (PLWHIV)
by Drs. Karine Dube and Joseph D. Tucker How do key stakeholders understand the risks and benefits associated with participating in an HIV remission research study? This was the core question asked in our team’s research study published in PLoS ONE. … Read more
Stakeholder Engagement in HIV Cure Research: Normative and Practical Applications of Deliberative Approaches
Adriane Gelpi The rise of research to cure HIV has sparked calls for including stakeholder engagement as a part of this research. Stakeholders (including patients, community members, scientists, disease advocates, pharmaceutical representatives and government officials) have long played a pivotal … Read more
Social Media and HIV: A Systematic Review of Uses of Social Media in HIV Communication
Tamara Taggart, Mary E. Grewe, Donaldson F. Conserve, Catherine Gliwa, and Malika Roman Isler Background: Social media, including mobile technologies and social networking sites, are increasingly being used as part of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and treatment efforts. As … Read more
Perceptions of HIV cure among people living with HIV in Guangzhou, China: a qualitative study
By Qingyan Ma, PhD Bringing the voices of people living with HIV (PLHIV) into HIV cure research is critical to increase community engagement in clinical trial participation, enhance HIV treatment adherence, as well as improve psychosocial well-being of PLHIV. Therefore, … Read more
Towards Multidisciplinary HIV Cure Research
by Joseph D. Tucker, searcHIV co-PI HIV cure research is moving forward around the world, increasing the need for a comprehensive research agenda that goes beyond clinical and basic science fields. This urgent need motivated the International AIDS Society to … Read more
The Role of Social Relationship in HIV Healing and its Implications in HIV Cure in China
by Shan Qiao Shan Qiao, Jing-Bao Nie, Joseph Tucker, Stuart Rennie and Xiaoming Li just published an article titled “The role of social relationship in HIV healing and its implications in HIV cure in China” in Health Psychology and Behavioral … Read more
“Mississippi baby” – exploring the ethical complexities of HIV remission research in children
By Theresa Rossouw, MD, PhD, Johanna Crane, PhD, and Lisa Frenkel, MD Finding a cure for HIV has become the holy grail of HIV research. Fueled by the success of the “Berlin patient”, clinicians and researchers rushed to declare an … Read more
Stakeholder engagement in HIV cure research: Lessons learned from other HIV interventions and the way forward
By Ying-Ru Lo HIV, once a death sentence, has become a manageable chronic disease with the introduction of antiretroviral treatment two decades ago. This would not have been possible without the constant dialogue between scientists, policy makers, and AIDS activists. … Read more
Social Implications of an HIV Cure Among People who Inject Drugs: A Qualitative Study
By Carissa Chu The potential global impact of an HIV cure is at the crossroads of biomedical science, social science, and public health. For our recent paper published in the 2015 HIV cure research issue of AIDS Research and Human … Read more