HIV Partner Services: Opportunities to Integrate Prevention and Treatment
Susan J. Little, MD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, UCSD Antiviral Research Center
University of California, San Diego, CA
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Susan Little, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She conducts translational clinical research focused on the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of acute and very recent HIV infection. She is the director of the Primary Infection Research Program and Co-Director of the UCSD Antiviral Research Center. She has been heavily involved in studies to evaluate of the epidemiologic, behavioral, biologic, virologic, and host factors that contribute to HIV transmission and the design of novel approaches to screen and identify acutely infected individuals. Her current research is focused on the use of molecular epidemiologic methods to infer and characterize HIV transmission networks and the potential of prevention and treatment interventions to reduce network incidence. She is actively involved in the training and mentoring of students, post-doctoral research fellows and junior faculty and is an active investigator in the UCSD AIDS Clinical Trials Group.
At the completion of this educational session, learners will:
- Know how the efficacy of partner services is evaluated.
- Be able to identify the priority patient populations for HIV partner services.
- Be aware of new technology-based partner service strategies.
- Appreciate how effective partner services support the HIV care continuum.
This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co, and ViiV Healthcare.
