Carol Golin, MD
Director, CFAR Social and Behavioral Research Core
Professor, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings
Areas of Interest
HIV health services and behavioral research
About
Dr. Golin is a physician, director of the Social and Behavioral Research Core at the UNC Center for AIDS Research, and a professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and in the UNC Department of Medicine. She is engaged in research on the development and assessment of behavioral interventions to enhance compliance and health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS and access to care for incarcerated persons. In addition, Dr. Golin studies the influence of patient-provider communication on health outcomes with a particular interest in the effects of enhanced patient participation in medical decision-making. She is also interested in behavioral interventions to prevent the secondary spread of HIV.
In the news
The CDC’s Social Network Strategy (SNS) is an evidence-supported approach to increase reach for HIV testing among members of marginalized populations. Carol Golin, MD, and Ann M. Dennis, MD, MS, explored key barriers and facilitators prior to implementing an enhanced SNS (eSNS) to increase access to a broader range of HIV prevention and treatment services. Guided … Read more Ann Dennis, MD, MS, a member of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease (IGHID) and associate professor of medicine, focuses on the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of HIV/AIDS, particularly among minority and immigrant populations. Dennis will soon be starting the implementation phase of the RESPOND Carolinas study, to improve HIV care and prevention in … Read more Black women in the southern United States are less likely to seek HIV prevention and treatment services because they don’t trust the health care system, according to a study in the September/October issue of The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) by Schenita Randolph, PhD, MPH, at Duke University School of Nursing. … Read more
Perspectives from HIV Service Providers Inform Implementation of Enhanced Social Network Strategy for Black Sexual and Gender Minorities
Dennis Begins Implementation Phase of the RESPOND Carolinas Study
African American women perceive systemic barriers to accessing HIV prevention care
Education
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Undergraduate
Oberlin College
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MD
University of North Carolin at Chapel Hill