SSF Distinguished Lecture in Psychology - Virtual Event
Gail Elizabeth Wyatt
Location
Online
SSF Distinguished Lecture in Psychology - Virtual Event – Online Event
Date & Time
February 24, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Description
"Getting in Your Pants: Confronting the Lasting Effects of Racism, Sexism, and the Historical Void in HIV Research and Treatment"
Gail Elizabeth Wyatt, Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles
This presentation will demonstrate how old myths and assumptions about behavior can derail prevention efforts to reduce the rates of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and unplanned pregnancies, especially in people of color. Based on over four decades of NIH funded research, Wyatt will discuss strategies that should be adapted to create prevention programs that are culturally congruent, women-centered, and realistic, as well as reasons why changes in policies meet with such resistance.
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This event is free and open to the public, and will be recorded. Following the event, the recording will be available with closed captioning on CS3's YouTube channel.
Organized by the Department of Psychology.
