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A Program for Families with HIV / AIDS
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In collaboration with Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macoris; Fundacion Mir, La Romana Catholic Church (Religiosas Addratices, Spain; the Dominican Order, Adrian, Michigan; the Order of . . . More »
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Nicholas, Stephen
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Dominican Republic
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Assessment of Gender to Identify Heterosexuals at Risk
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Gender scripts, which specify culturally influenced standards of appropriate roles for women and men, guide behavior and communication in heterosexual interactions, including those relevant to HIV . . . More »
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O Sullivan, Lucia
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South Africa
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Assisting / Teaching Ob-Gyn at Hopital Ste. Croix Self
Columbia University Medical Center
Currently working at Hopital Ste. Croix to assist in programs there and to bring new techniques, technology, and instruments to them. . . . More »
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Haiti
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A Study of the Formulation Preferences of Existing Over-the-Counter Vaginal Preparations
Mailman School of Public Health
The study explored characteristics of vaginal spermicide products containing nonoxynol 9 that influence user preferences. One hundred and forty-five women from Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Thailand, and . . . More »
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Van Devanter, Nancy
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Thailand, Zimbabwe
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Birth Control
Mailman School of Public Health
Abortion research and training.
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Chavkin, Wendy
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South Africa
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Combination Therapies in Developing Countries: Experiences with Medication Adherence
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study is being conducted by investigators from the HIV Center and the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) in Rio de Janeiro at ABIA, in cooperation with major outpatient HIV . . . More »
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Remien, Robert
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Brazil
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Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Mailman School of Public Health
Course entitled "Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals" . . . More »
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Barber-Madden, Rosemary
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Brazil
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Croatian Medical Journal
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Has been on publication's Advisory Board since the publication's inception.
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Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
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Croatia
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Development of Women's Health Centers
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Development of free-standing amublatory women's health centers in Singapore and Malaysia, providing comprehensive up-to-date services using efficient critical-care pathways. Supervision and . . . More »
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Lobo, Rogerio
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Singapore
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Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy in Urban and Rural Areas of Maharashtra, India
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Proposed clinical rotation for medical students at KEM Hospital, Pune, in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Diabetes center in urban and rural areas. Bombay Obstetrical Society and different . . . More »
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Baxi, Laxmi
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India
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Doctors for Global Health
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Non-governmental organization. Mission statement: To improve health and foster other human rights with those most in need by accompanying communities, while educating and inspiring others to . . . More »
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Ratcliffe, Elyanne
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El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Uganda
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Genes de Meiose / lLeur Implication dans Sterilite chez L'homme
College of Physicians and Surgeons
DNA is collected from infertile men who are otherwise healthy and who have normal Y-chromosomes, as detected by an extensive series of micro-deletion analyses. These samples are then sequenced to . . . More »
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Wolgemuth, Debra
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France
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HIV Mental Health Training Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The project provides free training on the latest developments in mental health aspects of the AIDS epidemic. Since 1992 we have trained both health care and mental health care providers throughout . . . More »
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McKinnon, Karen
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Brazil, Chile, China, South Africa, Venezuela
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Incarnation Childrens Center / Centro de Ninos Encarnacion
Columbia University Medical Center
Maternal-newborn HIV disease has placed an undue burden upon two church-sponsored social-services programs in La Romana, D.R., a town with 213,600 inhabitants that is an important center of the sugar . . . More »
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Dominican Republic
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Law and Policy Project (Reproductive Rights Project)
Mailman School of Public Health
Formerly known as the Reproductive Rights Project, the Law and Policy Project has evolved to incorporate a broader range of concerns relevant to health in the post-Cold War world. These include, for . . . More »
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Freedman, Lynn
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Metabolic Syndrome in Minority Women
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This proposal seeks to assist in correcting
inadequate attention to gender and minority
research by reaching out to women with a high
prevalence of a constellation of findings that
identify major . . . More »
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Giardina, Elsa-Grace
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United States of America
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NIEHS/EPA Superfund Basic Research Program: Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Mailman School of Public Health
The primary goal of this program is to obtain new knowledge and to train multidisciplinary pre- and post-doctoral students regarding the bioavailability of soil lead in humans and the . . . More »
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Graziano, Joseph
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Bangladesh, United States of America
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Preparation of Reference Standards for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Preparation of new international references standards for the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin and its metabolites isolated from urine of pregnant women. To be distributed under WHO . . . More »
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Birken, Steve
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Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights
Mailman School of Public Health
The Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights seeks to integrate the new scholarship about sexuality into existing work and activism about gender, health, and human rights, as well . . . More »
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Vance, Carole
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India, Hong Kong, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, France, Canada, Mexico
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Program with Profamilia to Establish Adolescent Health Centers
Mailman School of Public Health
Program with Profamilia to Establish Adolescent Health Centers. This collaborative initiative has established a new adolescent reproductive health clinic at Profamilia, Santo Domingo, which includes . . . More »
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Cushman, Linda
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North America
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Rakai Project: Uganda
Mailman School of Public Health
Population-based HIV/STD / infectious disease cohort, currently covering all consenting adults in 44 villages in rural Rakai District, southwestern Uganda. Cohort established in 1998. Annual . . . More »
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Wawer, Maria
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Uganda
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Rotation With the International Family AIDS Program in La Romana, Dominican Republic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Located on the Southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, La Romana is the site of several innovative new opportunities for medical students. After working in the Dominican Republic, their . . . More »
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Nicholas, Stephen
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Dominican Republic
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Skeletal Muscle and Bone Mass in Women Throughout the Age Range
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Ai-jun Sun was a visiting scholar at our center from October 2001 to April 2002. He is Dr. Shouging Lin's research fellow at Peking Union Medical College. Dr. Lin is also chair of the Chinese . . . More »
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Gallagher, Dympna
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China
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Social Movements and HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Mailman School of Public Health
This ethnographic research project is the first that examines HIV/AIDS organizing outside of the United States as a form of social movement. In-depth interviewing of AIDS activists, researchers and . . . More »
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Parker, Richard
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Brazil
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The Brazilian Model for HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control: Analyzing its Components and Assessing its Transferability
Mailman School of Public Health
The on-going
project: The
"Brazilian
Model" for
HIV/AIDS
Prevention and
Control:
Analyzing its
. . . More »
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Parker, Richard
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Brazil
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The Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
The Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health, established by the Department of Sociomedical Sciences in 2001, promotes research and training activities on the social and cultural dimensions of . . . More »
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Parker, Richard
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Brazil, United States of America, Dominican Republic, Peru
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The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavorial Studies
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies is a resource for the development of international research initiatives by HIV Center investigators working in . . . More »
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Parker, Richard, Stein, Zena
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Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
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The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy (IWGSSP) was constituted as a global forum composed of researchers and activists from a wide range of countries and regions of the . . . More »
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Parker, Richard
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Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America
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The Micro-Credit and Health Project
Mailman School of Public Health
The Micro-Credit and Health Project explores the influence of group-based micro-credit in Matlab, Bangladesh, on socioeconomic and gender inequities in health. This cohort study involves researchers . . . More »
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Adams, Alayne
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Bangladesh
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Training Service Providers in Dual Protection Counseling in China
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In response to China's concurrent HIV and STI epidemics, the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia University and the Nanjing College . . . More »
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Mantell, Joanne
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China
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Women's Social Networks and Health in Mali
Mailman School of Public Health
This project explores the influence of women's social networks on child health and survival through a comparative investigation of two ethnic groups in Mali, West Africa. Funded by NSF, fieldwork . . . More »
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Adams, Alayne
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Mali
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Women's Socioeconomic Development and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Throughout the developing world, there is evidence of declining rates of mortality and fertility, yet no clear understanding of the factors driving this change, nor the extent to which these health . . . More »
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Adams, Alayne
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Bangladesh
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WWWMeb (now GermOnline) Meeting and Web Site
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The purpose of the meeting was to bring together biologists and software developers working on construction of the World Wide MeB (Meiosis dataBase) to facilitate further programmatic development of . . . More »
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Wolgemuth, Debra
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Korea (south), Israel, France, India
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