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In the national conversation about overdose, fentanyl is often framed as a single, wide-reaching crisis, but new evidence from five major U.S. cities suggests a more fragmented, complex reality.

In a new column, Dr. El-Bassel emphasizes the importance of community participation and co-development to ensure that AI healthcare solutions meet real needs.

Associate Director Timothy Hunt reiterates SIG's commitment to using community-led, trauma-informed research to transform the AIDS response and end HIV infections by 2030.

The new seminar will bring together experts from Columbia and beyond to examine how emerging AI technologies can be used responsibly to address pressing social challenges from health equity and education to climate resilience and justice reform.

Bringing together students and faculty from around the university as well as community partners, the open house built connections and highlighted the contributions of student workers.

The first-of-its-kind study presents data about HIV and STI prevalence among trans and nonbinary people in Kazakhstan, a region that remains underrepresented in global HIV research.

By addressing the gaps in our research around intimate partner violence, Dr. Goddard-Eckrich hopes to develop culturally tailored interventions to prevent intimate partner violence.

The presentations of findings from AEGIDA and other studies include new research on decreasing intimate partner violence STI transmission, and understanding attitudes toward PrEP.

At Pride events around the New York City metro area, the P3: Sex-Positive | Pleasure | Practices team connected with the community, build professional ties, and celebrated joy.

WINGS+++ builds on the original WINGS intervention with the goal of addressing the lack of evidence-based interventions that identify intimate partner violence and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among women with substance use disorders.

Survivors of sex trafficking have high rates of substance use disorder and HIV, but often face barriers to care. By engaging survivors to develop a crowdsourced intervention, Davis and Bogard hope to increase access to care.

Despite a lack of training about HIV and substance use, dentists in Kazakhstan are often called on to address those issues. This grant will provide support for the development of an intervention to address that training gap.

In her newest papers, SIG's Alissa Davis evaluates the use of apps to address adolescent mental health struggles and social support-based interventions for improving HIV medication adherence.

The students joining SIG for the 2025-26 academic year will work on a wide variety of projects across topics like HIV testing uptake and opioid overdose prevention as they build their professional skillsets. 

The new paper details findings about when HEALing Communities Study coalitions incorporated stigma into their discussions.