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Wendy Auslander
 Professor of Social Work

The focus of Wendy Auslander's work is health care/health behaviors, evaluation of interventions, AIDS prevention among teenagers, minority health and health promotion, family functioning, and chronic illness.

Expertise: AIDS prevention, community health, diabetes, evaluation of interventions, family, health behaviors, health care

Media assistance: (314) 935-5251 / jessica_martin@wustl.edu

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David Clifford
 Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology

Clifford, who is director of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is a leading expert on the neurological complications of AIDS and their treatment and management. He has also participated in studies of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Clifford is involved ...

Expertise: Neuropharmacology, HIV, AIDS, AIDS-related dementia, peripheral neuropathy, leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0126 / pattoner@wustl.edu

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Linda Cottler
 Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry

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Linda Cottler, Ph.D., investigates the epidemiology of many psychiatric disorders including gambling, drug use -- particularly use of so-called "club" drugs such as ecstasy -- and high risk sexual behavior among drug users.

Expertise: HIV, club drugs, compulsive gambling, high risk behaviors, needle exchange programs, peer education, safe sex

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu

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Michael Diamond
 Assistant professor of molecular microbiology

Diamond is an expert in the effects of West Nile Virus (WNV) and other mosquito-borne viruses on the human immune and nervous systems. He uses mouse models to study the viruses' ability to infect the central nervous system and has identified genetic factors that can increase the chances a WNV infection ...

Expertise: Dengue, West Nile Virus, West Nile encephalitis, vaccine, vaccination, immunity, hemorrhagic fever, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Curtis McMillen
 Professor of Social Work

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Curtis McMillen, associate director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research, has two primary substantive areas of expertise: older youth in the foster care system and coping with traumatic stress. He is the principal investigator on aNIMH funded study following older youth in the foster care ...

Expertise: child welfare, foster care system, traumatic stress, mental health services, HIV, post traumatic stress disorder

Direct contact: (314) 935-7517
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Shanti A. Parikh
 Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences

Parikh's research focuses on local responses to national and global development interventions, particularly issues surrounding sexuality, sexual and reproductive health, and gender relations. Using ethnographic and historical methods and critical theory, her current research in eastern Uganda traces ...

Expertise: East Africa, HIV/AIDS, eastern Uganda, globalization, sexuality, gender relations, social change, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-7769
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sparikh@artsci.wustl.edu

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Juan Peña
 Assistant professor

Juan Peña's research interests include suicide prevention, HIV prevention, adolescence, Latinos, and acculturation.

Expertise: Suicide prevention, HIV prevention, adolescence, Latinos, acculturation

Direct contact: 314-935-9636
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jpena@wustl.edu

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Stanford Peng
 Assistant professor of internal medicine

Peng is working to uncover the molecular and genetic underpinnings of autoimmune conditions such as lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and some forms of arthritis. His lab was the first to find firm experimental evidence supporting a radical new theory for what immune cells are like when they're not ...

Expertise: lupus, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, T cell, B cell, immunology, autoimmunity

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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