Researcher at Johns Hopkins University receives International AIDS Society TB/HIV prize
Jonathan Golub, an associate professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, is the winner of this year’s International AIDS Society TB/HIV Prize.
The aim of the US$ 2000 prize on TB/HIV research is to generate
interest and stimulate research on basic, clinical and
operations research in TB/HIV prevention, care and treatment.
The IAS TB/HIV Research Prize is an incentive for researchers to
investigate pertinent research questions that affect TB/HIV
co-infection and operational effectiveness of core TB/HIV
collaborative services.
Dr Golub’s primary
research focus is the epidemiology of TB, primarily in the
context of HIV infection. He leads a large community randomized
trial in Brazil investigating isoniazid preventive therapy for
HIV-infected patients as part of the CREATE consortium. He also
conducts research in South Africa, working on several
HIV-related studies at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in
Soweto. He also has a strong interest in the link between
smoking , diabetes and TB and HIV and is involved in several
studies on these issues.
Since 2005, he has been the
primary instructor for the Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis
Control, a class developed by Dr George W. Comstock. This course
is conducted twice-yearly, both in class and online as part of
the distance education program at Johns Hopkins University. He
also has developed a one-year training course for Brazilian and
South African clinicians and epidemiologists emphasizing methods
in developing, implementing and analyzing epidemiologic studies.
This course concentrates on HIV/TB population research, and has
now expanded through another training grant to include trainees
from these countries interested in HIV-related malignancies.
Dr
Golub’s prize will be conferred on July 27 during AIDS
2012, the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC.
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