Maureen M. Goodenow, PhD
Stephany W. Holloway University Chair for AIDS Research
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Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine |
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 US, the number of AIDS cases reported
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention(CDC) through December 1997 was 641,086. Children under the
age of 13 accounted for almost 8 thousand of those cases. CDC reported
390,692 AIDS related death cases among people aged 25-44, constituting the
second leading cause of death in the United States.
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.
Related Links:
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of University Women
New York Academy of Science