2023 News
Friday, November 17, 2023
UM School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology Awarded NIH Grants to Advance HIV Clinical and Implementation Research in Africa
The Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), are proud to announce that the Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity (Ciheb) was awarded $6.7million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Tuesday, February 07, 2023
HIV Treatment and Prevention in Zambian Prisons May be Model for Prisons Worldwide
A recent study performed in Zambia by University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology researchers found that high uptake of HIV preventative medicine, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is possible in prison populations with adequate resources and support from the criminal justice health system.