“Intervention for Families Living with HIV in Africa”
The Globalization Research Center-Africa presents Professor Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus as part of the HIV/AIDS Winter Lecture Series.
Wednesday, March 14, 200712:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Dr. Rotheram-Borus is Bat-Yaacov Professor of Child Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. She directs the Global Center for Children and Families, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. She has designed and evaluated interventions for HIV-positive adolescents, adults, and families in the United States, South Africa, Uganda, China, and Thailand. Several of the prevention interventions she developed have been selected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as evidence-based programs that make a difference. Dr. Rotheram-Borus has authored or co-authored over 210 journal articles, including articles published in Science, JAMA, and the American Journal of Public Health, and has received over 40 grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study HIV prevention with high-risk adolescent and adult populations.
For more information please contact:
Globalization Research Center-AfricaTel: 310-267-4054
grca@ucla.edu
www.globalization-africa.org
Sponsor(s): Globalization Research Center - Africa
