title: The Veterans Aging Cohort Study: observational studies of alcohol use, abuse, and outcomes among human immunodeficiency virus-infected veterans.
abstract: This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2003 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The organizers/chairs were Joseph Conigliaro and Amy Justice. The presentations were (1) Introduction, by Joseph Conigliaro and Tamra Madenwald; (2) Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: the importance of integrative and translational research, by Kendall Bryant; (3) Alcohol use and abuse among patients with HIV infection, by Joseph Conigliaro and Stephan Maisto; (4) Severity of comorbid alcohol use/abuse in HIV infection, by Amy Justice and Jeffrey Samet; (5) Estimating the impact of alcohol use on long-term HIV outcomes, by Scott Braithwaite and Amy Justice; (6) Homelessness, drug & alcohol use among HIV+ veterans, by Adam Gordon and Robert Cook; and (7) Hepatitis C & alcohol in the VACS 3 study, by Shawn Fultz and Kevin Kraemer. The symposium concluded with a discussion led and facilitated by Diedra Roach.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA. joseph.conigliaro@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conigliaro
authors.forename: Tamra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Madenwald
authors.forename: Kendall
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Shawn L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fultz
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maisto
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samet
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Diedra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roach
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richey
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Justice
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008887:Military Medicine; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data