The Cores
Boston
Russia
Uganda
URBAN ARCH, a member of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) CHAART (Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Research Translation) initiative, conducts and disseminates interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding how alcohol use impacts people affected by HIV and develops interventions to reduce alcohol use and alcohol and HIV-related consequences in this population. NEWS

New Publication: Impact of Lifetime Alcohol Use on Liver Fibrosis in a Population of HIV-Infected Patients With and Without Hepatitis C Coinfection.

New Publication: Associations between partner violence perpetration and history of STI among HIV-infected substance using men in Russia.

New Publication: IL-6 is associated with non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems.