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Check out the current issue of URBAN ARCH News<\/em>, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Welcoming New Faces to the International URBAN ARCH Center Biostatistics and Data Management Core<\/a><\/h3>\n

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In this edition of the URBAN ARCH Newsletter, we highlight new additions and transitions within the Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Updates from 2nd Generation URBAN ARCH HIV\/Alcohol P01s<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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International URBAN ARCH Center Updates<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Click on the buttons below to see what the International URBAN ARCH Center Cores and Projects have been working on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Spotlight on… Fatema Shafie Khorassani, PhD and Huimin Cheng, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n

In this issue, we learn more about Fatema Shafie Khorassani, biostatistician for the TALC and TRAC studies, and Huimin Cheng, biostatistician for the GRAIL study.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Article Spotlight<\/span><\/h3>\n

How Does Social Vulnerability Impact Mental Health Among People With HIV and Unhealthy Substance Use? <\/strong><\/p>\n

URBAN ARCH researchers investigated the impact of social determinants of health* on mental health among people with HIV (PWH) and unhealthy substance use, and explored whether race, ethnicity, or age affected those associations. The team created a 23-item social vulnerability index (SVI; scores ranging 0\u201323) using A<\/span>ndrew et al<\/span>.\u2019s<\/span> social deficit accumulation approach<\/span> to assess whether high SVI scores were associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms among PHW in the Boston ARCH cohort who also had unhealthy substance use.<\/p>\n