Ken Mayer
@khmayer1
Inf Dis doc, clinical researcher, social activist @Fenwayhealth, Prof@Harvard, and @BIDMC. Editor-in-Chief: @jiasociety. Opinions and RT reflect personal POV.
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http://www.thefenwayinstitute.org/ 26-10-2013 04:25:59
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This should be a very interesting presentation co-sponsored by Harvard CFAR and Emory CFAR by the ever creative Aaron Siegler. Patrick Sullivan
Important, horrific article by Apoorva Mandavilli in The New York Times delineates how inhumane and counterproductive Uganda's war on #LGBTQ people is. Their attack on human rights will undermine their prior stellar record in addressing #HIV . Closets have health hazards
nytimes.com/2024/01/19/hea…
This should be a very interesting session, with one of our most thoughtful colleagues, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH who will discuss innovative approaches to measuring and improving #PrEP #adherence Harvard CFAR Emory CFAR
Just out in Journal of the IAS: states with more affirming policies for #LGBTQ people have higher rates of #PrEP uptake. Dr. Julia Raifman Michael Stein
Dr. Julia Raifmanhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jia2.26180?campaign=woletoc
Another casualty of the #SARSCoV2 #pandemic : decreases in #HIV suppression trajectories, just out in Clinical Infectious Diseases, with Matthew Spinelli Monica Gandhi MD, MPH. Highlights the destablization and need to regain our footing to meet @endingtheHIVepidemic goals academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab…
Great to see Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD receive the Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci award from IDSA annual meeting. His work on developing safe and effective #vaccines and combatting disinformation has been exemplary. Carlos del Rio
#SoonInAJPH 'Advancing Pediatric Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection' Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data to provide affirming care reduces health inequities among sexual and gender minority youth @MichaelLiuON Ken Mayer #publichealth
#PrEP uptake is suboptimal. One problem is the difficulty providers have in supporting their patients' #sexual well-being. Michael Traeger Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH Douglas S Krakower and I discuss how to prioritize patients' experiences in this week's @LancetHIV
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Glad to see this paper in print Journal of the IAS describing how younger #MSM think about @PrEP choices, part of a special issues on how long acting agents fit into the array of modalities. Hopefully, expanded choices will translate into increased uptake. Katie Biello Lisa Hightow-Weidman
#cabotegravir #PrEP has the potential to be a major game changer in #HIV #prevention , but as Dr. Rupa Patel Taimur Khan, Phil Chan, Amy Nunn point out in IDSA, scale up/access have been severely impeded by cost and insurance challenges.
idsociety.org/science-speaks… via IDSA
It was an honor to host U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti at the #mitrclinic in Hyderabad. There is still much to do and we look forward to continuing our collaborations to ensure health equity. Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases India Johns Hopkins Medicine Ken Mayer Shruti Mehta
On May 30th at 6 pm ET, Fenway Health will be holding a zoom community forum on #doxycycline #PEP , a new approach to decrease bacterial #STI . Come to learn and participate. Registration link is below
fenwayhealth.org/doxypep
This is insane Laurie Garrett I wonder if Ron DeSantis thinks Lewis and Clark are a gay couple. The video of so many books being trashed reeks of #kristallnacht