Recent research has demonstrated the potential utility of testing and early treatment of new HIV infections. Moreover, noncompliance may lead to an increase in resistant HIV strains. This means that a lack of access to treatment and treatment noncompliance may have consequences for HIV-infected individuals as well as for those at risk of becoming infected.

Presented by the UM Ethics Programs as part of the Dialogues in Research Ethics Series, “Police Powers and Epidemics: HIV as a Case Study” will consider the implications of recent research and explore some of the ethical challenges posed by various strategies for containing the HIV epidemic.

Dwayne C. Turner, communicable disease director for the Broward County Health Department and a member of Florida’s Public Health Ethics Workgroup, will present the lecture, which will take place on Friday, September 3 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact the UM Ethics Programs at 305-243-5723 or [email protected].