Tag: Vivian Go

A UNC Vietnam team led by Vivian Go, PhD, and Bill Miller, MD, PhD, researchers with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases–in collaboration with Hanoi Medical University and the Vietnam Ministry of Health–found that tailoring implementation strategies to local clinic needs significantly improved the delivery of a...

“We at the Institute for Global Health and infectious diseases are a large community of multi-disciplinary investigators,” said Sonia Napravnik, PhD, in her webinar welcome message during University Research Week. “And essentially, we all focus on improving health globally and locally, here in North Carolina and across the US.” “Our...

Hanoi Medical University named Dr. Vivian Go and Dr. William (Bill) Miller honorary professors on June 20. The award ceremony recognized their outstanding contributions in the fields of training, scientific research and development of international cooperation with Vietnam over the past decade. Go is a professor in health behavior at...

HIV index case testing (ICT) aims to identify people living with HIV and their contacts, engage them in HIV testing services, and link them to care. Enhancing capacity through centralized face-to-face training is logistically complex and expensive. A decentralized blended learning approach to HCW capacity-building, combining synchronous face-to-face and asynchronous...

The psychological experiences and needs of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who use methadone maintenance treatment and have common mental disorders remain unknown in Hanoi, Vietnam. Due to limited services for common mental disorders, optimal delivery methods for psychotherapy are also unknown. Accordingly, a qualitative study led by Vivian Go,...

UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases researchers Vivian Go and Dr. Bill Miller are running multiple clinical trials in Vietnam to prevent HIV spread and support people living with the disease. Go is a professor in the health behavior department, and Miller is a professor in the epidemiology...

Clinical Trials Day honors all that has been accomplished through clinical trials, as well as the people behind them. The UNC Global Clinical Trials Unit at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) facilitates high-quality research, with investigators and research coordinators working to address the challenging questions that need...

Infectious disease research at the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) attracts unique people driven to make big change in the world. As HIV/AIDS turned 40 in 2021, the world was immersed in a different pandemic, one that brought reminders of the tremendous change science made possible...

Visiting scholars make important contributions to the UNC community enriching the research and educational experience for everyone. On April 13, the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and Carolina Asia Center (CAC) hosted scholars from the Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, and the Hanoi Medical University...