University of Alabama Student Awarded $16,000 Grant for HIV/AIDS Research

The National Science Foundation has awarded a University of Alabama anthropology doctoral student a $16,000 grant to research the influence of social factors on the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The student formulated her research project while interviewing black women and their daughters for her master’s thesis project and finding that many individuals had incorrect beliefs about HIV/AIDS. Some women told her that they could identify individuals who had HIV/AIDS by their appearance.

The student planned to study how these misperceptions might impact young women’s risks of contracting the virus.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus.

To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.

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