HIV in the Time of COVID-19

Perry N. Halkitis, dean of Rutgers’ School of Public Health, will be interviewed by Stephanie Shiau, an instructor at the school, on his three decades of HIV/AIDS research. Halkitis will discuss the historical perspectives of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and how people living with HIV are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Halkitis and Shiau are collaborating on this area of research.

Perry N. Halkitis, Ph.D., MS, MPH is a public health psychologist, researcher, educator, and advocate. He teaches biostatistics and urban-global public health and is dean of Rutgers’ School of Public Health. He is the founder and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies at Rutgers. For three decades, he has examined the intersection between HIV, HPV, and other sexually transmitted infections, drug abuse, and mental health burden with regard to the biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and structural factors that predispose these and other health disparities in the LGBTQ+ population. His work focuses on the effectiveness of tailored and adaptive interventions to prevent and eliminate these disparities. His research program has been awarded more than $30 million in grant funding.