Duke to Expand Services for At-Risk Minority Populations in NC
More North Carolinians living with, or at risk of, HIV/AIDS will have access to testing and treatment services thanks to a $2.5 million grant awarded to Duke's Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR). The new project, Carolinas Alcohol and Drug Resources (CADRE), builds on services currently offered in Durham and is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Over the next five years, the CADRE program will target racial and ethnic minorities, primarily African Americans, for substance use treatment services and HIV/Hepatitis C testing. Under the leadership of researchers Sara LeGrand and Susan Reif, CADRE will introduce peer outreach and expand its territory to Charlotte, where no such program currently exists. 
Duke students are mobilizing the campus for World AIDS Week. See the schedule and join them. World AIDS Day is December 1. |
 Researchers Make Important Findings in Global Health
Faculty members at the Duke Global Health Institute are making important contributions to the global health research literature. New study findings from Sara Benjamin Neelon, Gerald Bloomfield, Shenglan Tang, Kathryn Whetten and Bei Wu have recently been published in various journals. Topics include household air pollution, a community-based health campaign, oral hygiene, caregiving and mental health, child nutrition, the Chinese health system and the link between childhood sex abuse and HIV risk behavior.
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 DGHI Photo Exhibit Opens at Perkins Library
Global health fieldwork photos are on display at the Perkins Library as part of the new exhibit, "Bringing Change to Global Health and the World." The photo exhibit showcases the photography of Duke students who completed global health field research this year. Students and trainees from all levels contributed to the exhibit, from undergraduates to PhD students and medical residents.
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