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A new study from Columbia University’s Social Intervention Group confirms the success of couple-based intervention in reducing risky sexual behaviors in criminal justice settings: Effectiveness of a Couple-Based HIV and STI Prevention Intervention for Men in Community Supervision Programs and Their Female Sexual Partners A Randomized Clinical Trial
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel received Columbia University’s highest academic honor when appointed to the rank of University Professor. Dr. El-Bassel is the first School of Social Work faculty member to be named a University Professor.
The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote an in-depth feature about our HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Underrepresented Scholars (HISTP).
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel explores how violence impacts women in the opioid epidemic by sharing the voices of women she and her research teams have interviewed over the past three decades in her latest article.
The Global Health Research Center of Central Asia was awarded funding from the Elton John AIDS Foundation to launch “BeOnline” to provide free HIV self-tests and increase HIV and STI risks awareness among men who have sex with men and the trans* communities.
Peers have always played an important role in disseminating health tips that, when adopted, could enhance the quality of life, and -- beyond boosting morale of participants -- even save lives. One project in Kazakhstan plans to do just that.
On World AIDS Day 2018, “Know Your Status” really is a matter of status -- particularly among this group of individuals.
The Social Intervention Group (SIG) -- Dr. Nabila El-Bassel and her colleagues Drs. Louisa Gilbert, Elwin Wu and Tim Hunt -- are excited to announce the creation of a cross-university multidisciplinary collaboration to bring different perspectives and approaches to address the opioid epidemic. Dr. El-Bassel, a leading expert on the opioid epidemic, recently assembled this group of scientists from different disciplines to address the opioid epidemic in New York State, which has the second highest increase in heroin and prescription opioid-related deaths.
Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Anindita Dasgupta presented and heard stories of gender inequality -- from all ends of the earth -- about violence against women, child marriage, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, HIV infection, and negative sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Dasgupta walked away with one key message: Gender inequality exists for every girl and woman in some capacity at some point in their lives, whether in Mumbai, the Middle East, or Manhattan.
The E-WORTH protocol is for research scientists, community healthcare providers, and academics interested in a detailed description of an evidence-based multimedia intervention designed to reduce risks for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and intimate partner violence among African American women who use drugs and are under community supervision in New York.
Read more about the study and one of the women who implemented E-WORTH at the Fortune Society.
The SIG team, New York State Lieutenant Governor, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) collaborate to address the opioid epidemic
Dr. El-Bassel is presenting the keynote at the Ending Gender Inequalities: Evidence to Impact conference in South Africa
Global leaders including most of the SIG team recently convened at the International AIDS Society conference #AIDS2018 to discuss the rising HIV epidemic in Central Asia. Our Director Dr. Nabila El-Bassel shares her reflections.