AIDS Clinical
Trials Unit
The AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at the University of Washington
and Harborview Medical Center is one of 15 centers sponsored by the
National Institutes of Health to do research studies (clinical trials)
of new medicines for HIV-infected men, women, and children. The Centers
evaluate new drugs both to control AIDS infection and to treat opportunistic
infections associated with AIDS.
AIDS Vaccine
Evaluation Unit
The AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit at the University of Washington is
one of six centers in the U.S. funded by the National Institutes of
Health to conduct HIV vaccine testing. The primary goal of the organization
is to develop a vaccine which will prevent people from becoming infected
with HIV.
Center for
AIDS Research
The University of Washington Center for AIDS Research, established in
July, 1989, coordinates and oversees a wide variety of programs that
provide patient care and conduct research and training in the areas
of HIV/AIDS and STDs. The Center also collaborates in and oversees international
investigations. The mission for the Center is to prevent transmission
of HIV and other sexually transmitted infection, and to reduce human suffering caused by these infections.
Center
for Health Education and Research
The Center for Health Education and Research (CHER) consists of
multidisciplinary teams of educators and healthcare professionals who
are devoted to the organization's mission of enhancing health and
quality of life for individuals and communities through education,
training, and research. The Northwest AIDS Education and Training
Center (NW AETC), Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, and
many other training, research, and academic programs are tied to our
center.
Hepatitis Web Study
The Hepatitis Web Study website features interactive case studies that
cover a broad array of topics related to the prevention, management, and
treatment of viral hepatitis. The site developed by Drs. Jeanne
Marrazzo, David Spach and their colleagues. The Dr. Marrazzo is the
Medical Director of the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and
an Associate Professor of
Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the
University of Washington. Dr. Spach is the Director and a Medical
Educator at the Northwest Aids Education and Training Center. He is
also a Professor of Medicine, in the Division of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases at the University of Washington.
HIV Web
Study
An HIV education site developed and maintained by Dr. David Spach M.D.
and his colleagues. Dr. Spach is the Director and a Medical
Educator at the NW AETC, Northwest Aids Education and Training Center.
He is also a Professor of Medicine, in the Division of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington.
International
AIDS Research and Training Program
The International AIDS Research and Training Program was initiated in
1988 with two grants from the Fogarty International Center with a primary
goal of fostering international collaborative AIDS research through
bilateral scientist exchange. The IARTP sponsors foreign researchers
who have come to the University of Washington for study and provides
funding for the University of Washington faculty to study abroad.
Northwest Regional Center of
Excellence
The Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for
Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases centers on Research to help
protect the public from potential bioterrorism, and diseases that
present persistent and emerging threats to global health.
NW AIDS
Education and Training Center
The Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center (NW AETC), located at
the University of Washington, offers HIV treatment education, clinical
consultation, capacity building and technical assistance to health care
professionals and agencies in Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and
Oregon.
The purpose of the NW AETC is to increase providers' capacity to provide
high quality HIV/AIDS care within the region's health care systems.
Our target audience includes doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, dental professional, clinical pharmacists, and
other members of the health care team.
We train providers from Ryan White CARE Act funded agencies,
federally funded community and migrant health centers, tribal health
clinics, state and local health departments, corrections facilities and
private practice settings serving persons with HIV and AIDS.
As the epidemic disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities
in the region, the NW AETC offers Minority AIDS Initiative programming
specifically targeting minority providers, providers serving
HIV-infected persons of color, and minority-specific community based
organizations.
The Northwest AETC also offers a national education program on
palliative care issues related to HIV/AIDS.
The NW AETC is part of a network of regional AETCs that cover the United
States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration,
the national AETC network is the professional training arm of the Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency (CARE) Act.
Seattle
STD/HIV
Prevention Training Center
The Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center offers training to
health care providers and educators in Federal Region X (Washington,
Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon) on the prevention, diagnosis, management, and
treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. The Center sponsors 20-25
courses each year to provide this training to practitioners in the region.
STD Online Case Series
The STD Online Case Series is a web-based series of interactive case
studies offering free CME, CNE and CEUs. The site was designed for
practicing clinicians who diagnose, treat and manage patients with, or
at risk for, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and was developed by
the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at the University of
Washington, the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Virology Research Clinic
The major mission of the Virology Research Clinic is to investigate
the epidemiology and natural history of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and
to evaluate new therapies and vaccines for HSV. Currently, our special
areas of interest are prevention of HSV transmission with daily
antiviral therapy and the interactions between HSV and HIV.
