Welcome to HNRC

Welcome to the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center

The mission of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) is to increase our understanding of how HIV and other diseases affect the human nervous system. The Center is supported by public funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the State of California, and other sources (NIMH/CSPAR Award Number P30MH062512). The HNRC conducts local, national, and international research devoted to advancing our knowledge of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV-related diseases as they affect the brain and nervous system, and result in impairment of everyday functioning.

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David Moore Receives 2013 Psychology and AIDS Distinguished Leadership Award

Dr. Moore will be honored at the 2013 APA Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii as an emerging leader within the field of neuropsychology. Additionally he had also been recognized for excellence at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 34^th Annual Meeting for his abstract submission “Individualized texting for adherence building (iTAB) improves antiretroviral dose timing among HIV+ persons with Bipolar Disorder.”

Teresa Oyos Awarded the 2012 Dr. A. Brad Truax Award for Community Service

truax_award2012_oyos Teresa Oyos, a research participant recruiter and community education advocate at the HNRC for the past 18 years, received the 2012 Dr. A. Brad Truax Award for Community Service. The ceremony was held at the San Diego LGBT Center on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2012.

The award honors the memory of Dr. A. Brad Truax, one of the first physicians in the nation involved in the national discourse regarding the treatment of and advocacy against discrimination of HIV infected persons.

Congratulations to Teresa from all her colleagues! Your hard work, dedication, and engagement with the community makes our research possible and improves the lives of those you have touched. You have made a difference!

Click here to read Ian Morton's "Profiles in Advocacy" article featuring Ms. Oyos.

HNRC Investigators Present at INS 2013

The 41^st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) occured February 6-9, 2013 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

The theme of this meeting was Brain Health through the Lifespan. A dynamic program was planned with a focus on transdisciplinary approaches to current topics of interest that advance the study of brain health and disease in childhood, adolescence, and aging, and interventions to promote brain health.

Erica Weber Presents at ISNV and Receives Travel Award

The 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology (ISNV) will start on May 29, 2012 in New York, NY. The overall goal of the meeting is to provide investigators working in the field of neurovirology and related areas with leading edge information so that new preventative and therapeutic strategies effective against neurologic diseases associated with prions, HIV, and other viral and non-viral pathogens can be identified.