IU Med School To Study HIV In Scott County

The Indiana University School of Medicine received a grant Monday to study HIV patients’ access to testing and treatment in Austin, Indiana, where an outbreak of HIV cases occurred this year.

The two-year, $200,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will be supplemented by funding from the IU School of Medicine.

Partnering with the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, IU School of Medicine will implement a program called Treatment as Prevention¨, a program developed by BC-CfE.

“The current outbreak in this rural setting in Indiana is a potential canary in the coal mine, if you will,” says Diane Janowicz, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in IU School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. “Such an outbreak may occur again given the epidemic of injection drug use that we’re seeing across our country.”

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Canada Post has provided notification of restarting their operations on December 17, 2024. As Canada Post ramps up and stabilizes their services, the BC-CfE will continue the following measures on an interim basis to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory will utilize private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy will utilize private courier for delivery of medications. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)