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Perhaps one of the most difficult challenges
for clinical research is to inform and educate a community about the important
role that HIV/AIDS research plays in the development of new treatments.
We need to make every effort to help people overcome the mistrust toward
research and the sense of shame associated with this disease. More importantly,
we need to make people realize that HIV affects people from all walks of
life and the great relevance of cultural diversity in research. We must
continue to emphasize that clinical research is the only way through which
we can learn more about HIV and its complications in order to find and develop
new and better treatments to manage it. For
this reason, our outreach program is committed to delivering information
about HIV and AIDS research. Our program also includes prevention and educational
events such as health fairs, conferences, and in-house services for clinics
and case managers. The ACTU welcomes every opportunity to help in the education
of our community through visits to local schools, colleges, universities,
support and focus groups, and clinics to talk about the importance of diverse
clinical research, issues surrounding transmission and prevention of HIV,
and safe sex practices.
Our outreach program is is funded by the Division of AIDS of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National
Institute of Health [NIH]. Our funds for outreach activities are limited
and supplemented with charitable donations. All donations must be unrestricted
(free of regulations and/or advertisement conditions). All donations are
used for educational and informational purposes to increase knowledge
and awareness of HIV in our community. We accept donations of items such
as gift certificates, discount coupons, movie passes, etc., to be given
as prizes at our outreach events. We also accept tax-deductible, cash
donations made to: University of Washington Foundation/ACTU Please mail your donations to: ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit |
CAB Meeting Information:
Please mark your calendars for the next UW ACTU CAB meeting for May 27, 2008 at the usual location and time, 5:30 PM at the Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, First Hill, Seattle, in the Peacemaker room.
We will have a couple of new protocols to discuss at this meeting, receive reports on the April IMPAACT meeting and continue our review of ACTG studies presented at this year’s Retrovirus conference.
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