Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Dr. Kavanaugh is Professor of Medicine at The University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine and the Director of the Center for...
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Elliott M. Antman, MD, FACC
Dr. Antman is director of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit in the Cardiovascular Division of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,...
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Hatim Omar, MD, FAAP
Dr. Omar is a Professor in Pediatrics and Obstetrics Gynecology and Director of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parent Program at the University of...
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Lawrence Rice, MD
Dr. Lawrence Rice is Professor of Medicine in Hematology and Thrombosis Research. He has been Program Director of Hematology...
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STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new...
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Elizabeth Turnipseed, MD, MSPH
Director, Disease Control
Jefferson County Department of Health
Research is moving from the hospitals into the communities at a growing pace. Investigational drugs are administered in ambulatory settings and even in emergency situations outside of the hospital setting. Pharmacists remain the “drug expert” resource for their patients and understanding how these types of research activities affect their lives is an important and evolving component of pharmaceutical care. The more informed we are as a profession about how research works in the...
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Jimmi Hatton Kolpek, PharmD, SCCP, SCCM, BCNSP, CCRC
Interim Chair, Pharmacy Practice and Science Department
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice...
Social and clinical advances in the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to occur across the globe. Significant accomplishments include reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, introduction of less complex medications and dosing regimens, more thorough understandings of the processes surrounding HIV infection, and development of stronger social program infrastructures. As efforts to combat HIV and...
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