SFAF.org Podcast #55 - The intersection of biomedical HIV prevention and social justice

In this episode, we'll hear an edited excerpt from our recent HIVision forum entitled “Is HIV Treatment HIV Prevention?” An audience member asked our panel about possible disparities in access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). We'll hear Dr. Robert Grant's answer explaining the relationship between biomedical HIV prevention and issues of social justice and stigma.

SFAF Podcast #48 - Dr. Robert Fullilove on the state of US Black HIV/AIDS prevention

In this episode, a discussion with Dr. Robert Fullilove, the Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. February 7, 2009 will mark the ninth National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Dr. Fullilove talks about the progress being made in HIV prevention for African Americans and where programs are still falling short.

SFAF.org Podcast #43 - Sexual identity clouded by abuse and trauma

In this episode, we'll hear an excerpt from our recent HIVision forum entitled Abuse and Trauma: Lessons for HIV prevention and care. Moderator Michael Siever asked the panel how gender and sexuality interact with trauma, abuse and HIV. This epsisode includes commentary from three of the panelists, Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ann Brennan and John Williams.

SFAF.org Podcast #42 - Dr. Cheryl Gore-Felton discusses trauma and HIV: an unhealthy intersection

In this episode, we'll be talking with Dr. Cheryl Gore-Felton about abuse and trauma and how they affect the health of people living with HIV and AIDS. Dr. Gore-Felton is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, and the director of clinical intervention research with the Center on Stress and Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She will be a panelist at our upcoming HIVision forum entitled "Abuse and Trauma: Lessons for HIV Prevention and Care." To RSVP for this free forum in San Francisco, please call 415-487-3073 or email hivision@sfaf.org.

SFAF.org IAC Podcast - Congresswoman Barbara Lee discuses a way forward in HIV prevention in the U.S. and around the world

In this episode of the SFAF.org IAC podcast, recorded at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Erik Ireland sits down with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, serving as an active participant in the Conference for the fifth consecutive year.  Representative Lee gives her candid appraisal of recent legislative successes like the reauthorized President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and calls out where the new bill falls short. She explains why family planning is a vital part of HIV prevention and offers a her solution to years of wasted money on abstinence-only--until-marriage education. The conversation concludes with a few thoughts about the long history of HIV/AIDS advocacy in the Bay Area.

SFAF.org Podcast #35 - AIDS/LifeCycle fights HIV by creating awareness and health

As 3,000 riders and volunteer "roadies" made their way to Los Angeles, AIDS/LifeCycle 7 increased awareness about HIV and AIDS.  Peter Lavoie, one of the Co-Chairs of the Positive Pedalers, talks about how AIDS/LifeCycle builds knowledge about HIV and improves health for both HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants. The Positive Pedalers are a group of HIV-positive AIDS/LifeCycle participants, volunteers and staff committed to eliminating stigma through their positive public example.

SFAF.org Podcast #33 - Racism & homophobia influence HIV testing and treatment among Black gay men

In this episode you'll hear an excerpt from our May 15th HIVision forum, What's Going On: HIV and Black Gay Men. Panelist Dr. David Malebranche answers a question about HIV testing among Black men with an illuminating portrait of the racism and homophobia Black gay men may encounter when seeking medical attention.

SFAF.org Podcast #32 - Ernest Hopkins on government response to the rising HIV transmission rate among Black MSM

In this episode, Ernest Hopkins, the Foundation's Director of Federal Affairs, discusses the local and federal response to rising HIV transmission rates among Black men who have sex with men. Ernest Hopkins will be a panelist at our May 15th HIVision Forum entitled What's Going On: HIV and Black Gay Men.

SFAF.org Podcast #31 - Dr. David Malebranche on the rising HIV transmission rate among Black gay men

Dr. David Malebranche, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University's School of Medicine and a member of the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, discusses HIV and Black gay men. Though it has been demonstrated that HIV risk behaviors in the Black men who have sex with men (MSM) community are often less risky than those of the MSM community in general, the HIV transmission rate in Black gay men continues to rise. Dr. Malebranche will be a panelist at our May 15th HIVision Forum entitled What's Going On: HIV and Black Gay Men.

SFAF Podcast #21 - Dr. Nancy Padian on Empowering Women to Fight HIV

In this episode Dr. Nancy Padian, Director of the UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative and Senior Director for Prevention at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation shares some of what she's learned from conducting HIV prevention research around the world. She'll be a panelist on our upcoming November 29th World AIDS Day forum entitled HIVision: From Local Knowledge to Global Solutions.