Anti-retroviral therapy can be a life-saving treatment for people infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS. But such treatment is scarce in Africa, where the disease kills millions each year. Researchers at New York University are working on a cell phone–based drug-tracking system aimed at improving the availability and use of HIV/AIDS drugs.

For details, read the SmartTrack case study.

Project Principals

• Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, New York University
• Mary Ann Hopkins, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, New York University
• Mekbib Gemeda, associate director, New York University Institute of Community and Health Research
• Brian A. Levine, M.D., M.S., teaching assistant, New York University Langone Medical Center
• Barbara Rapchak, founder and CEO, Leap of Faith Technologies
• Eddie Donton, CEO, West Africa AIDS Foundation

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Collaboration Links

• Collaborative Institutes
• Conferences and Workshops
• Microsoft Research Faculty Summits
• Conversations

Research Focus Areas

• Computer Science
• Earth, Energy, and Environment
• Education and Scholarly Communication
• Health and Wellbeing