News

Dr. Familiar-Lopez wins best poster at the 11th International Pediatric HIV Workshop in Mexico City, 2019

Posted: Mar 11, 2024

The Pediatric HIV Workshop is an academic group affiliated with the International AIDS Society, the largest and most important HIV/AIDS organization in the world. Dr. Familiar was part of the 11th edition, presenting a poster and oral work titled: Chronic maternal depressive symptoms predict executive behavioral problems in their HIV affected children. Using data from a clinical trial in Eastern Uganda testing the effect of a parenting intervention to enhance child development, Dr. Familiar and colleagues analyzed how chronically high depressive symptoms in mothers may impact child executive functioning after a 2 year follow up.

Results were presented as poster and oral during the meeting and Dr. Familiar was awarded Best Poster.