DHAPP Director Discusses U.S. Military Contribution to Global Fight to End AIDS
SAN DIEGO (December 1, 2016) Rick Shaffer, Ph.D. and director of the DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) at the Naval Health Research Center leads a discussion about the work the U.S. military has done in fighting the global HIV/AIDS pandemic during a World AIDS Day event. Shaffer played a key role in early HIV prevention research at NHRC in the early 1990s and has been leading DHAPP since it was launched in 2000 as the DoD Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic Initiative, part of efforts by the White House and DoD to reduce threats to global security posed by infectious diseases. (U.S. Navy photo by Regena Kowitz/Released)
