The Centre for AIDS Research

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The Centre for AIDS Research

• Addressing AIDS impacts and development
  implications

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Why do we need more research?

• 42 million people in the world living with
  HIV/AIDS
• 20 million died in the last 20 years
• HIV/AIDS impact on all aspects of society
• Lack of progress on cure, treatment, prevention

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Our Mission

• To conduct and disseminate the highest quality
  research of international significance
• To contribute to the development of HIV/AIDS
  policy at international, national, and local
  levels

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Our Mission

• To stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration
  between social scientists and public health
  specialists
• To provide research-led training to enhance the
  skills of those involved in AIDS research both
  nationally and in resource-poor countries

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Broad Areas of Research

• Socio-economic determinants, impacts and
  governance
• Biomedical

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Major Research Themes

• Impact of HIV/AIDS at all levels.
• Health sector responses to HIV/AIDS.
• Inequalities, Poverty and HIV/AIDS.
• Sexual behaviour and health seeking.
• Gender and HIV/AIDS.
• Measurement and evaluation.

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Education

• Contribute to postgraduate programmes
• Establish professional training
• E-learning
• PhD and post-doctoral training

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Business and Enterprise

• Spatial analysis and mapping
• Decision support
• Consultancy and advice to governments and
  international organisations
• Short courses

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Management

• Management group (Directors)
• Steering group
• Advisory board

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The Universitys Commitment

• Strategic Development Funds
• 100k each in 2003/04 and 2004/05
• - Staffing (Directors Administrator)
• - Kick-start research activities

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Who can join the Centre?

• Anyone who is research-active (or plans to be) in
  the area of HIV/AIDS
• - Associate researchers
• Core research fellows working on the Centres
  projects
• International researchers

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How the Centre supports researchers

• Conferences funding
• Pump-priming activities
• Small pilot projects

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How the Centre supports researchers

• General support in preparing and submitting
  research proposals
• Research seminars
• Coordination of research networks

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The Centre for AIDS Research

• www.aids.soton.ac.uk