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YSPH Professor Appointed to Global HIV Research Agency
The French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS) has named A. David Paltiel, Ph.D. ’92, to its Scientific Review Committee. Paltiel, a professor in the division of Health Policy and Administration at the Yale School of Public Health, hopes his expertise in disease simulation modeling will help inform policy about HIV prevention, detection and care, especially in resource-poor settings where large-scale clinical trials and observational studies are difficult to pursue. “In situations where pressing decisions need to be made, and where we have neither the time nor the money to obtain all the direct scientific evidence we wish we had, model-based methods can be a practical alternative,” Paltiel said. His two-year term includes a special assignment to the agency’s program on research in developing countries in such regions as sub-Saharan Africa, where AIDS has spread rapidly. The committee meets twice a year to review scientific proposals. Paltiel’s current research focuses on model-based evaluation of HIV/AIDS testing, prevention, treatment, and care in vulnerable and underserved populations in the United States and abroad. Created in 1992, the ANRS leads, coordinates and funds research on AIDS and viral hepatitis, both in France and in developing countries. Outside the United States, the ANRS is one of the largest and most successful funding and coordinating agencies for international HIV/AIDS studies. -- Story by Melissa Pheterson |
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