HIV Treatment Education in 2002: Personal Perspectives
James Learned
Director of Treatment Education and Editor of ACRIA Update
Paula Braitstein
Senior Policy Advisor on Health Promotion, British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
Tito Ramirez
Case Manager and Treatment Advocate, Treatment Education and Advocacy, Comprehensive Health Center, San Diego, California
Clara LaBoy
Physician Assistant, Former Executive Director of Housing Works' East New York Adult Day Health Care Center, Brooklyn, New York
Carlos Santiago
Treatment Educator, ACRIA, New York, New York
Yukihiro Ippei Yasuda
Treatment Advocate, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, San Francisco, California
Harry Dohnert
Case Manager, Columbia University, Harlem Adherence to Treatment Study (HATS), Harlem Hospital Center, CPCRA Community Constituency Group, New York, NY
Guy Pujol
Executive Director, AIDS Treatment Initiatives, Atlanta, Georgia
Anthony Salandra, C.S.W.
Treatment Advocate/Educator, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Larry Diaz
AIDS Treatment Advocate, Alamo Area Resource Center, San Antonio, Texas
Philip Gardiepy-Hefner
HIV/AIDS Service Coordinator, Superior AIDS Prevention Project, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Charles E. Clifton
Executive Director, Test Positive Aware Network; Editor, Positively Aware; Chicago, Illinois
Tamil Kendall, M.A.
Researcher, Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Centro Colaborador ONUSIDA, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Hugo Mendez
Prison Services Coordinator, AIDS-Related Community Services (ARCS), Elmsford, New York
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Efrain Rosa on July 27, 2002. As a treatment educator at ACRIA, Efrain had a powerful impact on the many lives he touched. He was a man with a mission: to use his own life experiences to reach people with HIV. His understanding that HIV was only one of many hurdles people with this disease face made his work particularly effective. His legacy lives on in the countless individuals who benefited from his tireless dedication. We miss him.
