Northeast/Caribbean AETC
HIV Center
601 West 168th St #46
New York, NY 10032
phone: (646) 774-6978
fax: (212) 568-3060
email: [email protected]
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Regional Scope
The Northeast/Caribbean AETC serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands through its central office and local partners.
Contact
For HIV training, technical assistance, and/or capacity building assistance any where in the Northeast/Caribbean AETC region, contact Gracine Lewis or Nadine Nader.
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Francine Cournos, MD
Principal Investigator
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Phone: (917) 232-8902 -
Daria Boccher-Lattimore, DrPH
Director and Co-Investigator
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Phone: (646) 774-6979 -
Marshall Glesby, MD, PhD
Medical Director
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Phone: (212) 746-7187 -
Mari Millery, PhD
Regional Evaluation Director
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Nadine Nader
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Phone: (646) 774-6981
Fax: (212) 568-3060 -
John J. Faragon, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIV-P
Regional Pharmacy Director
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Gracine S. Lewis, BS
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Phone: (646) 774-6978
Fax: (212) 568-3060 -
Eduardo Baez, LMSW
Practice Transformation/Interprofessional Education Project Coordinator
[email protected]
Phone: (646) 774-6980
New Jersey
New York
Puerto Rico
Resources: 24
Articles: 8
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Integrating Mental Health and Substance Use Services into HIV Primary Care
When incorporating best practices and guidelines for HIV care, clinicians must take into account their clients’ mental health and substance use needs. Approximately 30- 50% of people living with HIV/AIDS have current or past severe to moderate depression. At its highest estimate, that’s more...
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The HIV/AIDS Treatment Cascade in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Testing and Diagnosis in Paradise
Quite often when you think about the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), you envision a beautiful vacation on the beach drinking Pina Coladas, eating local food and listening to the sounds of island music. Although the Virgin Islands are truly paradise vacation spots, they are not free from the impact...
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Prevention & Early Detection of Oral Cancer: A Professional Responsibility
According to American Cancer Society, over 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer (oral cavity and oropharynx) each year, the majority of whom are men over the age of 60. The mortality rate from oral cancer exceeds that of cervical cancer and results in one person dying from the disease...
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Should We Conceptualize Major Depression a Medical Comorbidity of HIV Infection?
Principal InvestigatorNew York/New Jersey AETC
About 30% of people receiving care and treatment for HIV infection have major depression. But is it best to conceptualize major depression as a mental...
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Thinking of Using a Technology for AETC Training? First Steps to Get Started
The Technology & Training Workgroup coordinated by the AETC National Resource Center in 2012, has compiled a great new resource that catalogues information about use of many different online learning technologies in the AETC training context.
BUT…before you...
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Technology & Training Case Study: Guiding Local Performance Sites to Implement Training Technologies
Coauthor: Mari Millery, PhD Regional Evaluation Director New York/New Jersey AETC
As part of the Technology & Training Workgroup, this case study is an example of how technology can be used to satisfy a training objective, or solve a training problem. More case studies can be...
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Why Screen for HIV in a Dental Setting?
Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, nearly one million Americans are infected with HIV in the United States and it is estimated that one of five of those remain undiagnosed.1 The annual incidence of new infections in the US is about 56,000, the majority of which are thought to be transmitted by...
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The New Era of HCV Therapy: What Are the Challenges Facing HIV Health Care Providers?
Approximately one-third of HIV-infected patients in the United States are co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Liver fibrosis appears to be accelerated in HCV/HIV co-infection compared with HCV infection alone; consequently complications of end stage liver disease have become...