Graduate Certificate Program in HIV & STIsAre you interested in a career in HIV & STIs? The Graduate Certificate Program in HIV & STIs, an interdisciplinary program at the UW that provides students with the conceptual knowledge and practical skills needed to work in the field of HIV & STIs, is accepting applications. All current UW graduate and qualified non-matriculated students are eligible to apply. The deadline for next year's program is May 18, 2007. Overview: The program provides training and context for the global AIDS epidemic, arguably the most pressing public health issue of our time. It equips future professionals in health and social science disciplines to address the complex interplay of biomedical, social, economic, gender, political and geographic factors that impact the spread and disease course of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Controlling these epidemics requires comprehensive strategies across sectors and countries; this program provides a framework and interdisciplinary foundation for this. In addition to providing education about the diseases themselves, students will learn about contextual issues surrounding the epidemic and individual, family, community and societal points of intervention. Various prevention and treatment approaches will be explored, with a focus on vulnerable populations (commercial sex workers, men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, adolescents, mother-to-child transmission). The program examines these disease epidemics from both domestic and global perspectives. Students interact with professionals currently working in the field of AIDS & STIs in clinical, research, and program management capacities. This certificate program currently involves affiliated faculty and steering committee members from multiple Departments and Schools across the university in the health and social sciences and other disciplines. Coursework: Completion of the graduate certificate program requires a minimum of 15 course credits, 8 of which must be taken from selected core courses, 4 from elective courses and 3 earned through the completion of a Capstone Project. Capstone Project: Students will complete an individual capstone project or paper over the course of the program and present their work at a capstone seminar in the final quarter of their academic program. Students may provide technical assistance to ongoing HIV/STI research studies (development of study instruments, data analysis, field implementation, laboratory testing), complete an internship at an HIV/STI clinical site, write a paper exploring a contextual aspect of HIV/STI (intersections between gender and HIV, analysis of international AIDS policy, program evaluation of a STI treatment program), or develop a clinical case scenario. For more information on capstone guidelines, courses, etc., please see the following website: For more information contact: |
