Oct 27, 2017 | Journal Publications
Previous studies have documented the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization and increased risk of HIV in women. It is also known that migrant women are disproportionately affected by these co-occurring problems, but few have explored why....
Oct 23, 2017 | Journal Publications
Earlier this year CHAS Fellow Matthew Epperson and his colleagues from the Smart Decarceration Initiative (SDI) published a manual of 16 guideposts for practitioners, advocates, reformers, and researchers working towards decarceration. These guideposts elaborate of...
Oct 19, 2017 | Journal Publications
When compared to white women, African American women are less likely to be diagnosed by breast cancer, but more likely to die from it. Moreover, decreases in national rates of breast cancer-related mortality have historically been seen in white populations years...
Oct 3, 2017 | Journal Publications
Based on the 2008 inaugural meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), this article, which is co-authored by CHAS Fellow Brian Callender, discusses the need for standardized competencies in the rapidly expanding field of global health...
Sep 26, 2017 | Journal Publications
The Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) is an HIV tracing intervention which prioritizes newly infected individuals and their social networks. According to a study co-authored by CHAS Fellow John Schneider: “If a person recruited by TRIP has...
Sep 20, 2017 | Journal Publications
Previous studies have shown a positive correlation between consulting relationships and utilization of various medical technology products. Such data has led many to believe that financial conflicts of interest lead to bias in utilization by physicians. Nevertheless,...
