What is the ATN?
The Adolescent Trials Network (ATN) for HIV/AIDS Interventions is a research network designed for adolescents and youth between 12 and 24 years of age. The ATN's primary purpose is to get adolescents included in HIV-related research studies. Each of the ATN sites is made up of adolescent HIV experts already providing care for many young people with and without HIV.
What kind of research studies?
The ATN conducts research studies in the community looking at how best to prevent HIV infections as well as research studies looking at how to keep HIV positive youth healthy. So both HIV positive and HIV negative volunteers are needed.
Why?
Studies have shown that at least one-half of all new HIV infections each year are happening to youth under 25. We need to figure out ways to work with young people to help youth protect themselves. Other studies have shown that HIV positive adolescents and youth may get more benefit from treatment than older people, but which drugs to use and how to use them in teens is not clear. And finally, when the time comes to test a HIV vaccine to prevent AIDS, youth have the right to be part of that study if they choose.
The ATN started in Spring 1. There are 14 Adolescent Medicine Trials Units where interested youth may join the ATN.
For more information about this new program, or to access HIV care or HIV research, contact one of the following ATN sites.
Northeast: |
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Montefiore Medical Center - Bronx, NY |
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| Donna Futterman | Elizabeth Bruce | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
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| Maria Campos | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
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The Fenway Institute |
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| Ken Mayer | Marcy Gelman | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Amy Pechukas | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
Mid-Atlantic: |
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA |
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| Steven Douglas | Mary Tanney | ||
| Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator/Study Coordinator | ||
| Adrienne DiBenedetto | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
Johns Hopkins University |
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| Jon Ellen | Jenny Chang | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
Children's National Medical Center - Washington, DC |
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| Lawrence Angelo | Connie Trexler | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Rita Hagler | Amy Klamberg | ||
| Study Coordinator | Associate Study Coordinator | ||
MidWest: |
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Cook County Hospital - Chicago, IL |
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| Jaime Martinez | Lisa Henry-Reid | ||
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator | ||
| Kelly Bojan | Rachel Jackson | ||
| Study Coordinator | Study Coordinator | ||
Wayne State University |
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| Elizabeth Secord | Monique Green-Jones | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Charnell Cromer | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
West: |
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA |
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| Marvin Belzer | Diane Tucker | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Julie McAvoy-Banerjea | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
University of Colorado Denver |
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| Betsy McFarland | Daniel Reirden | ||
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator | ||
| Amy Witte | Emily Barr | ||
| Study Coordinator | Study Coordinator | ||
South: |
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St. Jude's Research Hospital - Memphis, TN |
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| Aditya Gaur | Patricia Flynn | ||
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator | ||
| Mary Dillard | Carla McKinley | ||
| Study Coordinator | Study Coordinator | ||
Tulane Medical Center - New Orleans, LA |
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| Sue Ellen Abdalian | Leslie Kozina | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Alyne Baker | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
University of South Florida - Tampa, FL |
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| Patricia Emmanuel | Amayvis Rebolledo | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Josefina Rivera | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
University of Miami - Miami, FL |
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| Lawrence Friedman | Hanna Major-Wilson | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Donna Maturo | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
Baylor College of Medicine |
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| Mary Paul | Norma Cooper | ||
| Principal Investigator | Study Coordinator | ||
| Nancy Calles | |||
| Study Coordinator | |||
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