SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
HIV/AIDS: Encouraging prevention
As of March 2012, the Centers for
Disease Control and prevention (CDC) estimates that there are currently 1.2 million people living with HIV/ AIDS in the United States. Although people infected span all ages, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, some groups tend to see higher rates of infec- tion than others. One such group is African-American men who have sex with other men. After noticing these trends, the School of Social Work de- veloped a study to look at the efficacy of preventative treatment in reducing this group’s percentage of infection. The study is called Black Men Evolv-
ing, or B-Me. Darrell Wheeler, PhD, dean of the School of Social Work, is the principal investigator of the study. “Something is wrong. We shouldn’t
be seeing these rates of infection [within this group] given the popula- tion,” he says. B-Me is looking
Wheeler
to see if behav- ioral interven- tion focusing on critical thinking and cultural affirma- tion can help lower this group’s rate of high-risk sexual be-
havior. The primary goal of the study is to promote safe sex norms, positive attitudes toward condom use, and self-protection from HIV/AIDS through behavioral intervention. “If you think about this epidemic,
[our study] is a fitting action for Loyola because of the University’s commit- ment to social justice and integrating intellectual resources to unlock prob- lems here in Chicago,” he says.
Ali Hausfeld, a medical student, learns where she’ll spend her residency on Match Day. STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
medical school students, as they learn where they will spend the next several years of their medical training. In March, 141 fourth-year students at the Stritch School of Medicine received sealed envelopes containing their residency destina- tions. But for two soon-to-be gradu- ates, this Match Day was especially sweet. Ali Hausfeld was in her first year
of medical school at Stritch when her father and sister were killed in a plane crash as they flew to pick her up for Easter weekend. Less than three years later, Hausfeld and her boyfriend were involved in a serious car crash that left her with five broken ribs, a broken hip, and a dislocated ankle. Despite those
Emotions run high on Match Day M
atch Day is the most an- ticipated day of the year for
setbacks, Hausfeld persevered—and at Match Day she was surrounded by her mother and more than 30 family members and friends when she opened her envelope. The result? Her first choice, Ohio State. Sarah Bauer, another fourth-year
Stritch student, was born with spina bifida and spent countless hours in doctors’ offices as a child. Although she had a milder form of the birth defect—which can leave some peo- ple paralyzed or in wheelchairs—she still underwent three surgeries while growing up, including one when she was just five weeks old. Shaped by those experiences, Bauer now wants to be a pediatrician to help other children. Match Day revealed that she will complete her training at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
BY THE NUMBERS
RESIDENCY
24% 39% 68%
SPECIALTY
• emergency • ob/gyn • other
PRIMARY CARE LOCATION
MIDWEST
• 43% in illinois • 17% at loyola
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