Theme: Progress in Mental Health Care in the United States: A Case Study of Mental Health Care for AIDS Patients

Time: 14:30-16:30 pm on October 16 (Friday)

Venue: T312, New Campus of Xiangya School of Medicine, CSU

Host: Prof. Wang Honghong, Xiang Ya Nursing School, CSU

Lecturer: Prof. Jane Simoni, University of Washington, USA

Professor; Associate Chair for Research; Adjunct Professor in Department of Gender,Women,and Sexuality Studies and Department of Global Health

Brief Introduction to the Lecturer: Professor Jane Simoni, deputy director of the Department of Psychology, University of Washington, clinical psychologist, is mainly engaged in the research on the psychology of women and minorities, and the psychology and behavior of AIDS patients, with rich experience in the study of drug abuse. Professor Jane Simoni has so far published 162 high-quality papers, with a total impact factor of 416 and remarkable achievements. She is prestigious in the field of AIDS-related behavior research in the world. Professor Simoni is familiar with China’s AIDS prevention and control work, and has cooperated with Beijing Ditan Hospital and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center on the research of the psychology and intervention of AIDS patients since 2000, and achieved fruitful results. Professor Simoni has maintained close academic exchanges with professors of the Xiang Ya Nursing School, XiangYa School of Public Health, and Institute of Mental Health of CSU, and there is a good foundation for cooperation.