Evaluating HIV Care
Improving Outcomes Together
Our Partnership
Professor Donny Gerke partnered with Washington University in St. Louis to evaluate and analyze their WithU Peer Navigator program. We believe the research and ingenuity achieved by collaborating with partners like Washington University is essential as we work to influence policy and develop innovative solutions to improve outcomes in a variety of settings.
About Our Research
We leverage cross-institutional collaboration to address some of today’s most pressing challenges, producing interdisciplinary solutions that influence policymakers to effectively serve the public good. From Stanford to UChicago to NYU, we’ve refined our collaborative process through years of mutually beneficial relationships with institutions nationwide to understand and address challenges like climate change, HIV and youth homelessness.
DU’s current research efforts have been featured in news outlets like The New York Times. They include…
- exploring the effects of felony disenfranchisement.
- employing lasers as the medium for quantum science.
- using theatre to heal and rehabilitate inmates.
About the Project
The primary focus of this project was to analyze the WithU Peer Navigator program. Specifically, we reviewed the effectiveness of standard HIV treatments in concert with the peer navigator in comparison with only the standard treatments. The sample was made up of a group of young black men who have sex with men, are living with HIV and are at risk for poor outcomes.