Fall 2012 -The Network Issue

HIV spreads though social/sexual networks. To end the epidemic, researchers must understand how the virus moves within a community and use that knowledge to prevent new infections. In this issue of Spotlight, we look at how the Botswana Combination Prevention Project is taking an innovative, community-wide approach to AIDS prevention.

From Terrorist Cells to Sexual Networks: Modeling Complex Systems Fresh out of the University of Pennsylvania, Ravi Goyal was recruited by the National Security Agency (NSA) for its rapidly expanding Counter-Terrorism Unit. The year was 2002. Continue... Cell Phones & Sexual Networks Harvard AIDS Initiative researchers are hoping to use data from cell phones to better understand sexual networks in Botswana villages. Continue... President of Liberia Visits BHP

Profile: Victor DeGruttola Ask most people, "Do you have a purpose in life?" and they'll pause or stammer. Ask Victor DeGruttola and he answers Continue... Q&A with Victor DeGruttola Dr. Victor DeGruttola, Chair of the Dept. of Biostatistics at HSPH answers questions about the Botswana Combination Prevention Project (BCPP). Continue... Alexander McCall Smith Advocates on Behalf of HAI 7 Steps to End the Epidemic

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