Category Archive for: ‘HIV’

Spotlight on Alfie Pacheco
posted by admin-Alliance on July 13, 2016 in Achievements, HIV, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Staff Spotlight

Alfonso Pacheco, also known as “Alfie”, started young—as a giver, that is. From the time when he was selected to be one of only 10 Bay Area high school students to participate in an NIH-funded, peer-based, HIV prevention education pilot project, Pacheco knew he would …
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Spotlight on Staff – Naomi Drexler
posted by admin-Alliance on March 21, 2016 in HIV, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Perspectives, Research, Staff Spotlight, Volunteer Spotlight

AHP clinician Naomi Drexler always knew she would become a therapist. Therapy was the “fabric of her world” from the very beginning. Not only were her mother and other family members therapists, but also her family was a place where feelings were ever present. Within the …
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The Giver Gets
posted by admin-Alliance on March 8, 2016 in HIV, Mental Health, Perspectives, Research

Steve Gaynes has an employment resume, but if you want to be wowed by his accomplishments, read the one that lists his 25 years of giving back to the LGBTQ community. Gaynes came out, joyfully, in late 1970s Manhattan, but by the time he moved …
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National HIV Prevention Conference 2015, Part 2: Funding and Stigma
posted by admin-Alliance on February 22, 2016 in HIV, Mental Health, Perspectives, Research

December’s National HIV Prevention Conference focused on the substantial successes of two key biomedical interventions. First, there’s PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis, and second, TasP, an HIV treatment known as Treatment as Prevention. PrEP is effective in preventing HIV-negative people from contracting HIV if they take …
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National HIV Prevention Conference 2015, Part 1: Incredible Successes, Intransigent Disparities
posted by admin-Alliance on February 8, 2016 in Achievements, HIV, Research

Four years ago, the last time the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convened its National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC), there was a lot of discussion about the potential for HIV antiviral treatment to foil HIV transmission. At the December 2015 NHPC, Anthony Fauci, …
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Welcome Eduardo Hernandez!
posted by admin-Alliance on January 22, 2016 in Achievements, HIV, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Volunteer Spotlight

During his time at San Francisco State University, Eduardo Hernandez wanted to become a teacher: he dreamed of being a leader, a communicator of ideas, an agent of social change. Hernandez’s passion for social justice—particularly surrounding anti-war and anti-racism issues—is part of his very core. …
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