Welcome to Advanced Topics on the Control and Prevention of HIV/ AIDS, offered by the Department of Epidemiology. The course director is Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan, professor of infectious disease epidemiology.

This course focuses on the recent advances on a variety of important HIV/AIDs topics that have a significant public health impact in the current or future status of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. We will examine the advances in the knowledge of immunopathology, HIV viral replication features, HIV/AIDS pandemic in highly populated countries, new anti-HIV drugs, long-term side effects of current drugs, and the impact of aging on HIV treatments.

We will discuss several important co-infections with HIV—such as HPV, measles, avian flu, and other microbial agents—and their impacts on pathogenesis and epidemiology of HIV. We'll review analytical, descriptive, and basic science/experimental studies on microbicides and behavioral modifications for preventing HIV infection. We will also examine the HIV/AIDS epidemic among minorities, surveillance programs, and HIV treatment in developing countries. Finally, we will discuss the human rights of HIV- infected persons in different parts of the world.

Video Introduction to the Course

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