Tag: Joe Tucker

Many adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are excluded from HIV research because of challenges with informed consent for study participation, which makes it difficult to understand and improve the lives of AYAs living with HIV and AIDS in a wide variety of settings. Through their...

In a Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Podcast, Emma Pitchforth, executive editor, interviews authors of Barriers and facilitators of participation in syphilis vaccine trials: a qualitative analysis to inform trial design and community engagement in the United States. From the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Suzanne Day,...

Improving adolescent health and well-being is a key policy priority in countries with a high HIV burden, because adolescents have lower rates of treatment coverage, viral load suppression, and survival compared with others. Joseph D. Tucker, MD, PhD, AM, conducted a study aimed at identifying innovative ideas from young people...

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs, 14–24 years old) have the highest rates of drug use in most low- and middle-income countries. Joseph D. Tucker, MD, PhD, AM, performed a secondary data analysis of the baseline survey of the ‘I-TEST’ study involving AYAs in Nigeria. The two primary outcomes of interest...

Suzanne Day, PhD, MA, Weiming Tang, PhD, and Joe Tucker, MD, PhD, members of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, have been awarded an NIH UM2 cooperative grant. The project is called the”Innovative Network on the Science and Practice of Implementation, Research, and Engagement Center (INSPIRE)” and is...

UNC Research recently featured Joe Tucker, MD, PhD, in a “Rooted” profile. He is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and director of UNC Project-China with the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. In this feature, Tucker explains how the pay-it-forward approach to infectious...

Joe Tucker, MD, PhD, and Weiming Tang, PhD, co-directors of UNC Project-China announce a new scholarly exchange program that will give early-career researchers from the U.S. the opportunity to train in China. The China Medical Board (CMB) has awarded UNC a $340,000 grant to facilitate the CMB Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. UNC...

The curtains have fallen on yet another enriching and insightful journey: the 2023 UNC Project-China / SESH /GDDH Annual Conference. This annual gathering resumed on Oct. 11-12 after a three-year suspension, serving as a platform for professionals, community partners, and researchers from various fields to exchange insights, discuss research findings,...

As an undergraduate studying health policy and management, Dorian Ho‘s summer internship with UNC Project-China, a collaboration between the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and Sesh Global, co-directed by Joe Tucker, MD, PhD, and Weiming Tang, PhD, gave him the chance to expand his worldview and contribute to novel research...