Drs. Kislovskiy and Jarlenski found that pharmacies were unlikely to carry PrEP or PEP, with event less carrying in rural compared to urban. Addressing pharmacy barriers to PrEP/PEP may enhance access to HIV prevention for those living at high risk of HIV.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544319124001043
This World AIDS Day we want to highlight the work of Dr. Kislovskiy, Dr. Miller, Dr. Chang, and their team members who led a qualitative and community based participatory study on HIV awareness and PrEP perceptions among individuals who exchange sex.
Congratulations to Natalie Pino for their Dean’s Summer Research Program (DSRP) abstract being selected to receive an Arthur Mirsky Award for clinical science! We're so incredibly proud of the work that you have done around PrEP (pre exposure prophylaxis) access in Pennsylvania and Georgia alongside Dr. Kislovskiy and Dr. Jarlenski!
Dr. Lindsay Sabik looked at Medicaid's role in reducing the burden of cancer in men with HIV as well as the need for improvement in the accessibility and affordability of care, continuous insurance coverage, and reducing the financial burden of cancer treatment.
Read more about this study here: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.34167?fbclid=IwAR1Ii5VFANSUn-iU8N91hoigTPKD75AtwE_j3zl41hwFQqecUVOidDDtFso
