This information is over 2 years old. Information was current at time of publication.{"id":9771,"date":"2016-12-14T11:49:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=9771"},"modified":"2017-01-04T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T13:43:11","slug":"surviving-thriving-aids-politics-and-culture-exhibit-coming-to-falk-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/surviving-thriving-aids-politics-and-culture-exhibit-coming-to-falk-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture Exhibit Coming to Falk Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"st-logo\"$ In 1981, a new disease appeared in the United States. Reactions to the disease, soon named AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), varied. A book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS titled, Surviving and Thriving<\/em>, insisted that people could live with AIDS, not just die from it. Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture<\/em><\/a> is an exhibit from the National Library of Medicine that illustrates an iconic history of AIDS alongside lesser-known examples of historical figures who changed the course of the pandemic. Centering the experience of people with AIDS in the exhibition allows us to see how critical they were, and continue to be, in the political and medical fight against HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

The Surviving and Thriving<\/em> exhibit<\/a> will be on display at Falk Library from January 17 through February 25, 2017. The following events are co-sponsored by the Health Sciences Library System and the Center for LGBT Health Research with matching funding from the Year of Diversity<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 19, 2017, at 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cVoices Heard: A Social History of HIV Testing in the U.S.\u201d by Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH; Senior Research Associate and Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
\nPitt Public Health Grand Rounds Lecture
\nLecture Room 1105, Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street
\nReception to follow in Falk Library, 2nd Floor Scaife Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cLeveraging a legacy of activism: \u2018Black Lives Matter\u2019 and the way forward for HIV research\u201d by Derrick D. Matthews, PhD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Center for LGBT Health Research, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
\nRoom A115, Crabtree Hall, 130 De Soto Street
\nReception to follow in the Public Health Community Commons, Parran Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

The exhibit is comprised of six panels on display on the main floor of Falk Library. It is free and open to the public during Falk Library\u2019s regular hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n

~Julia Dahm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"