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December 20, 2007
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A new Web-based software program is the latest tool University of Minnesota researchers are using to help fight the spread of HIV. A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by CSE professor Joseph Konstan and B. R. Simon Rosser, a professor in the School of Public Health, are embarking on a clinical trial this month to test a software program that aims to reduce the risk-taking behavior associated with the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The research team has been working for more than five years to create computer programs that assess risks undertaken by men seeking sex with other men through online venues. Their work has become a multi-phased, interdisciplinary project, called the Men's Internet Study (MINTS). Konstan and Rosser hope these trials will show that the new Web-based program is effective in the prevention of risk-related behavior leading to sexually transmitted infections.
News of this new software program grabbed local and national media attention this week. A local TV news station, Fox 9, and other news agencies around the world featured stories about the project. For more information, visit U of M MINTS study.
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