We implement evidence-based solutions to HIV and emerging health and social issues affecting diverse populations.
The Social Intervention Group is a global leader in intervention, prevention, behavioral, and implementation research on communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Active Research Projects
Adolescent Responses to COVID-19 (ARC)
The Adolescent Responses to COVID-19 (ARC) study aims to examine adolescents' patterns of social connectedness during the COVID-19 pandemic and impacts on adolescent mental health through a mobile app and smartwatch.
ASPIRE
Advancing Solutions in Policy, Implementation, Research, and Engagement for Refugees
ASPIRE is a multidisciplinary program of activities at Columbia University dedicated to innovative approaches and responses to the Syrian Refugee crisis.
News
Teaching to Oppress: A Call to Liberate the “Profession”
From consent to engage to "rigor" versus liberation, Kelsey Reeder and Elwin Wu expand upon their conversation about social work and pedagogy on a recent podcast "Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning."
New Publication: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve HIV Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan
A new publication in JAMA Online shares the effectiveness of an HIV/AIDS intervention with vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan.
Welcome, New Staff and Students!
SIG welcomed two new staff and three new students who will be working on HIV, IPV, stigma, and substance use research among other important research areas.