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| Mission
Statement |
| The goal
of HIVandHepatitis.com is to produce high quality, timely, and accurate
online information about treatment, management, and prevention of
HIV infection, chronic hepatitis B and C, HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfection,
and related infectious diseases. Since the website's founding in 1999
our contributors have sought to offer cutting-edge information --
typically based on recent medical literature and conferences -- in
a format that is useful to both clinicians and people living with
HIV and viral hepatitis. |
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| Publication
Schedule |
HIVandHepatitis.com
posts new content twice weekly, except for holiday breaks. Subscribers
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| Editorial
and Production Team |
Publisher
and Editor-in-chief: Liz Highleyman
Associate Publisher and Technical Contact: Jan Brittenson
Founder and Advisor: Ronald Baker
Contributors: Paul Dalton, Matt Sharp
Liz
Highleyman, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Liz
Highleyman was named editor-in-chief of HIVandHepatitis.com in February
2011. She is medical writer and editor who has covered HIV and viral
hepatitis for more than 15 years, since getting involved with AIDS
advocacy as a member of ACT UP/Boston in the late 1980s. She has
written for publications including Achieve (ACRIA), Aidsmap and
HIV Treatment Update (NAM), GMHC Treatment Issues, HCV Advocate,
POZ, Positively Aware, and The Well Project. She is a former editor
of the Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS (BETA), published
by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and former health editor for
Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com). She studied at Harvard School of Public
Health and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
She is president of Health Education Online, Inc., which acquired
HIVandHepatitis.com in March 2011.
Ronald
Baker, PhD, Founder and Advisor
Ronald
Baker is the founder of HIVandHepatitis.com and served as editor-in-chief
and publisher for its first 12 years. With more than 20 years experience
in publishing, community education, and HIV treatment advocacy,
Dr. Baker has written and edited numerous articles on HIV/AIDS treatment
research and advocacy. He was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship
for study at the University of Berlin and earned his PhD in German
Language and Literature at Harvard University as a Woodrow Wilson
Fellow. Dr. Baker is the Founding Director of Treatment Education
and Advocacy at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and founding editor
of the Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS (BETA).
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HIVandHepatitis.com welcomes comments and suggestions about our content
and design, and we urge readers to report any suspected errors or
omissions. We regret, however, that we are not qualified and lack
the resources to provide individual advice regarding treatments, clinical
trials, side effects, or other medical matters. |
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| Editorial
Inquiries |
| HIVandHepatitis.com
accepts contributions of articles covering medical, social, or policy
aspects of HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis. Please send submission inquiries
to editor@HIVandHepatitis.com.
We reserve the right to edit or decline submitted material and to
use it at our discretion.
HIVandHepatitis.com
may publish clearly identified press releases issued by pharmaceutical
companies, research institutions, and others if deemed accurate
and of interest to the HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis communities.
Media materials may be sent to editor@HIVandHepatitis.com.
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| Funding |
HIVandHepatitis.com
is supported through Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs and
unrestricted grants. The editors and writers of HIVandHepatitis.com
maintain full control over the site and sponsors have no influence
over editorial content. The appearance of sponsor logos on the site
does not imply an endorsement of any company or organization or its
products or services.
Privacy Policy
Communications
with HIVandHepatitis.com are considered confidential and in most
cases will only be seen by the site's webmaster and/or editorial
staff. We do not share our email list with third parties. Announcements
about CME programs are sent directly by HIVandHepatitis.com or its
mailing service.
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| The
Fine Print |
| HIVandHepatitis.com
is an informational resource intended for educational and advocacy
purposes only. The information provided is not intended to be, and
cannot serve as, a substitute for the individualized medical advice
of a clinician with appropriate training and expertise. HIVandHepatitis.com
recommends that all medical treatments be discussed with a qualified
medical practitioner.
The
editors, writers, and affiliates of HIVandHepatitis.com take great
care to provide accurate and timely information. It is possible,
however, that the website could include inaccuracies, errors, or
omissions, and that unauthorized additions, deletions, or alterations
could be made to the site by third parties. If you believe you have
identified an inaccuracy, error, or omission, please immediately
contact editor@HIVandHepatitis.com.
No mention
or depiction of any individual on the HIVandHepatitis.com website,
in print, photographs, or video, shall imply any information about
the individual's health status, including HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis
C status.
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to the reader for any indirect, consequential, punitive, or exemplary
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Online, Inc., and all owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors,
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and costs incurred in connection with its use.
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| Copyright |
HIVandHepatitis.com
is published by Health Education Online, Inc.
HIVandHepatitis.com is an open access website. Material is published
under the terms of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs"
license, allowing for non-commercial reproduction of works whole and
unchanged, with credit to the author(s), HIVandHepatitis.com, and
any other referenced sources. Editors may, at their discretion, permit
additional uses upon request.
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that all material is properly acquired and licensed. If you believe
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