San Diego State University
Department of
Psychology
Professor
John Martin Conducts HIV/AIDS Action Research in Africa
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Dr. John Martin with
‘Motivational Interviewing' Trainees
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Nurses Training Group
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Professor John Martin of the SDSU Psychology Department has recently returned
from his 7th trip to Southern Africa where he
has been working on an AIDS clinical research project. On this trip he
was accompanied by undergraduate student, Alejandra
(Alex) Mijares, who was supported by two
international research fellowship grants funded through the SDSU College
of Sciences. In previous trips, Professor Martin was a visiting
teaching/scholar at two South African Universities
( Rand Afrikaans University
; University of Stellenbosch ) as well as the lead
behavioral scientist on an NIH/South Africa
Department of Defense AIDS training project. This most recent 7-week trip
included participation with a team from the University
of Sellenbosch
and University of Cape Town Schools of Medicine in a large HIV/AIDS
transmission prevention project, training nurses, physicians and community lay
counselors from South Africa , Namibia
and Swaziland
, in the newest science of motivational counseling for HIV+ pregnant mothers.
Professor Martin is on leave this Fall, awaiting
funding of an NIH Fogarty Fellowship to return to Southern
Africa for further HIV/AIDS action research.
