Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: Understanding how drinking affects HIV health and aging

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What this research studies

This grant brings together a team of researchers from multiple institutions to study how alcohol use disorders affect HIV disease and aging. The work uses a long-term group of in-care, virally suppressed people with HIV and a matched comparison group to explore environmental, dietary, and substance-use factors that influence comorbidities. It also tests behavioral and drug approaches to reduce alcohol use and improve immune, metabolic, and nervous system health. The center builds on findings from primate studies to understand gut health, immune activation, and aging in the context of alcohol and HIV.

Why it matters

Where this research is happening

• Lsu Health Sciences Center
  New Orleans, United States Active

Researchers

• Principal investigator: Molina, Patricia E. — Lsu Health Sciences Center
• Study coordinator: Molina, Patricia E.

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About this research

1. This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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