Maureen M.
Goodenow, Ph.D
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Dept. of
Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine Office Location and
Express Mail address: Office:
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Primary Area of Research:HIV And AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research constitutes a large proportion of today's medical research. At the end of 1997, approximately 30.6 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, an estimated 29.5 million are adults and 1.1 million are children younger than 15 years. More than 90 percent of all HIV infections worldwide in infants and children are due to mother-to-child (vertical) transmission. Until 1997, the HIV/AIDS related deaths cases worlwide numbered approximately 11.7 million, where 2.7 million were children. About 40 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV by the end of the year 2000. We are starting to use the term "pandemic" in an attempt to describe the magnitude of a virus that threatens to have millions of individuals infected throughout the world by the end of the approaching millenium. In the The way in which the HIV pandemic is perceived is crucial; it determines what will be done about the disease and by whom. Health policy making is heavily influenced by biomedical research. The decision of intervention in prevention and/or treatment of HIV is often based on the findings from published studies from medical journals or collaborative multi-institutional studies. |
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of University Women
- New York Academy of Science
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