Our World AIDS Day in Photos

December 07, 2017

It was a full house for our World AIDS Day event this year, with four leading scientists presenting on the topic "Political, Social, and Structural Forces Driving the HIV Epidemic."

Audience for World AIDS Day event during Dr. Nabila El-Bassel's presentation, here showing the drivers of HIV on the back screen: stigma, discrimination, gender balance inequalities, and so many more forces that contribute to HIV.
The registration table staffed by Alissa Davis (next to a sign providing an instructive teaching moment) Photo credit: Eleni Vlachos of the Social Intervention Group
Yong Gun (YG) Lee of the Social Intervention Group, doubling as timekeeper, speaks with an attendee pre-event Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work
The woman who organized the logistics for the event, Audrey Ward of the Social Intervention Group Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work
More speaker prep, with Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, yours truly (Eleni Vlachos) and Drs. Blankenship and Auerbach
Dr. Dawn Goddard-Eckrich of the Social Intervention Group and former T32 fellow Phil Marotta Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel presented in honor of those who have been impacted by HIV Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel presented in honor of those who have been impacted by HIV Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work
Dr. Wingood discussing over a decade of work with churches to respond to the HIV epidemic. Photo credit: Dr. Anindita Dasgupta of the Social Intervention Group @anidasgu
Dr. Judith Auerbach, all the way from the University of California San Francisco, asked, who are the 10% left out of the 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets?
Dr. Sherman shared how we must help empower sex workers and work with police while developing interventions Photo credit: Eleni Vlachos of the Social Intervention Group
Dr. Kim Blankenship: "We need to understand the implications for HIV [race-based disparities] in the criminal justice system." Photo credit: Dr. Anindita Dasgupta of the Social Intervention Group @anidasgu
Following the presentations, SIG Assistant Director and moderator Dr. Timothy Hunt asked for 30 seconds of silence to remember those we have lost to AIDS, and to consider their wishlist for ending HIV.
L-R, Drs. Sherman, Auerbach, Blankenship, Wingood, and El-Bassel Photo credit: Dr. Anindita Dasgupta of the Social Intervention Group @anidasgu
Tara McCrimmon, Yong Gun (YG) Lee, and Dr. Anindita Dasgupta of the Social Intervention Group team, who also volunteered to help make the event run smoothly
Associate Dean Allen Zweben presents the awards. Photo credit: Yong Gun (YG) Lee of the Social Intervention Group
L:R: Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, Elena Maitekova, Aidana Maitekova, Drs. Assel Terlikbayeva, and Sholpan Primbetova Photo Credit: Dorothy Robinson of the School of Social Work

A short video, sharing the impact of GHRCCA's work, is available for viewing here.

Thank you to everyone who attended and joined the discussion.  A special thanks to all of our speakers, and to the Columbia University School of Social Work for all of the promotion of the event!

Interested in learning more about ending HIV by 2030? See Dr. El-Bassel's recent article, outlining five recommended steps: "The HIV/AIDS Crisis Will Not End Unless We Take These Five Steps by 2030."

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