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YEAR |
MILESTONE |
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1981
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First pediatric and adult AIDS cases diagnosed in Brooklyn |
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1985
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SUNY-DMC's Division of Infectious Disease in the Dept. of Medicine established the multi-disciplinary AIDS Team at SUNY-DMC's public hospital affiliate, Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC), providing the first clinic specifically for AIDS in Brooklyn.
Expansion of Pediatric Immunology Clinic at SUNY-DMC -- providing HIV counseling and testing as well as clinical trials for children.
First year of the Perinatal HIV Transmission Study. |
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1987
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Clinical training to community-based physicians on HIV/AIDS begins.
Infant and Child Learning Center is established to provide early intervention services for HIV-infected infants and children. |
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1988
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A 10 bed inpatient HIV unit is established at SUNY-DMC's University Hospital of Brookyn (UHB).
The AIDS Prevention Center is established, providing HIV counseling and testing to adults as well as education and outreach.
Development of the AIDS Prevention Center - providing counseling and testing to adults as well as education and outreach.
First year of the Heterosexual AIDS Transmission Study.
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1989
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Development of the Brooklyn Pediatric AIDS Network -- providing comprehensive case management and primary care to HIV infected children in Brooklyn.
Development of the Adolescent Education Program - providing peer-led community-based HIV education to teens throughout Brooklyn. |
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1990
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Development of the Pediatric-Maternal HIV Center -- providing HIV primary care to children at KCHC.
Development of the Brooklyn Group Support Project (now Supportive Counseling Services of SUNY) - providing support groups for HIV infected individuals and their families
Development of the HIV Clinical Scholars Program - two year fellowship providing specialty training to clinicians in HIV disease.
First year of the Women and Infants Transmission Study.
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1991
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SUNY's University Hospital of Brooklyn becomes a New York State AIDS Designated Center
Development of the STAR Clinic (now STAR Health Center) - first outpatient HIV clinic on SUNY-DMC campus.
First year of the Women's AIDS Cohort Study - prospective study examining the manifestations of HIV disease in women.
Development of SUNY AIDS Clinical Trials Unit - first adult clinical trials unit in Brooklyn (emphasizing trials for women and minorities).
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1992
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Development of Central/East European HIV Education Center.
Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) Program begins serving the needs of HIV-infected adolescents at KCHC.
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1993
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Development of the HIV Center for Women and Children, to help coordinate the activities of all HIV-related programs directed by SUNY Brooklyn faculty .
Development of the HIV Clinical Education Initiative - providing on-site training to area health care providers in HIV disease.
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1994
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Development of the Co-Located HIV/Gynecologic Care Program - providing both HIV and gynecologic care to HIV infected women at four sites at SUNY-DMC and Kings County Hospital Center.
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1995
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Two clinical textbooks, HIV Infection in Women and Primary Care of Women an d Children with HIV: A Multidisciplinary Approach, edited by HIV Center faculty are published.
The Maternal and Pediatric Services of Brooklyn (MAPS) program is funded through HRSA's Special Projects of National Significance program to develop a model system for the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission at three Brooklyn hospitals.
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1997
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The Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) Clinic is selected as a Clinical Science Group site as part of the NIH-funded Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network.
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1998
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The Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Units at University Hospital of Brooklyn and Kings County Hospital Center are consolidated.
The Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Clinic consolidates with the in-patient HIV care unit at University Hospital of Brooklyn.
Adult clinical trials are offered to STAR Clinic patients.
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1999
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The Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Clinic is renamed the _STAR Health Center,_ reflecting a renewed vision of providing first-rate interdisciplinary health care to all persons with HIV disease.
The Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program is awarded targeted Ryan White funding from a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) initiative for a new outreach project entitled—Educating People at Risk (EPAR).
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2000
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The CDC funds SUNY Downstate's first large-scale, randomized community-based HIV/STD behavioral intervention project. |
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2001
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The STAR Health Center (SHC) receives funding for the development of the first clinic in Brooklyn for the treatment of people co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C.
The SHC begins providing comprehensive mental health/substance use treatment through funding from the AIDS Institute.
The HEAT Program is awarded Ryan White Title IV funding through HRSA to establish a comprehensive care network to identify, enroll, and retain HIV-infected youth in medical care, and establish a youth service provider network in Brooklyn. |
