Improving Informed Consent for Adolescents and Young Adults in HIV Research: Practical, Consensus-Based Strategies from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
SUZANNE DAY, PHD, MA
Suzanne Day is a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine. Her research program is focused on the social, political, economic, and historical contexts within which health and biomedical research are situated and on understanding health disparities through an intersectional lens. Her publications have explored social and ethical issues in HIV research, theories of care, and addressing inequalities in health research. Most recently Dr. Day has been working on several collaborative, multidisciplinary and international projects, conducting social science research to advance stakeholder-driven approaches to social and ethical issues in research on HIV and other infectious diseases. Three specific topics her work focused on include 1) crowdsourcing stakeholder input on HIV research and other infectious diseases; 2) identifying challenges with and solutions to adolescent inclusion in HIV research; and 3) exploring barriers and facilitators to participation in vaccine trials.