AIDS Education and Training Center

Institute of International Health
COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

Last Updated 1-13-2003

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THE MSU AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER’s primary focus is the education and resourcing of health care providers and students about all aspects of care for people with or at risk for HIV/AIDS, including prevention best practices, mental health, psychosocial, and neuropsychiatric issues.

The Center’s education, training, technical assistance and information dissemination activities occur with Michigan State University, other educational settings (domestic and international), and in communities throughout Michigan.  With the collaboration of faculty from several of MSU’s professional colleges and schools, the Center’s staff works to broker MSU expertise, provide state of the art curricula, and disseminate state of the art care and prevention information.  The Center provides a major channel for international and domestic outreach on HIV/AIDS, one of the defining public health issues of our era.  The Center and staff also serve University faculty and research associates by providing HIV/AIDS expertise to multidisciplinary research, including collaboration on grant applications.

Center efforts are supported by a cyber and hard-copy Resource Library.  The Library makes information about a wide variety of subjects concerning HIV/AIDS available to health educators, students, and the public.  Materials cover topics such as mental health, psychosocial issues, epidemiology, drug therapies, pediatrics, women, racial and ethnic minorities, and legal issues.  The library includes books, professional articles, curricula, bibliographies, pamphlets and videotapes.  The Center also plays host to a number of satellite and teleconferences from such sources as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Albany Medical College, as well as webcasting of major HIV/AIDS conferences from the US, Canada and abroad.

Curricular Areas of Interest:
 Clinical teaching and evaluation
 Information dissemination and computer skills
 Curriculum development
 Promotion of best practices
 Multidisciplinary approaches
 International Technical & Research Assistance
 Risk assessment and evaluation

Major Projects:
 A crosscultural model for AIDS dementia treatment for international use
 Mental health issues for caregivers
 AIDS-related depression
 AIDS prevention & care of seniors
 Faith-based approaches to HIV/AIDS (overcoming stigma and discrimination)

Through these diverse activities, the Michigan State University AIDS Education & Training Center seeks to create an environment which helps health care professionals and educators become sensitive and responsive to the complex issues facing persons living and working in the shadow of a global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Contact us at:

MSU AIDS Education & Training Center
323 West Fee Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-5044
Fax: (517) 432-2662
Email:
laceyj@msu.edu
 

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