National HIV Curriculum Podcast
Episodes
Occupational PEP Guidelines: 2025 Update
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss an occupational needlestick exposure as they highlight key updat...
The BEe-HIVe Study: Major Findings from Two Publications
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode reviews two recent papers on the practice-changing BEe-HIVe study, which assessed efficacy of a relatively new hepatitis B vaccine (known...
Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection: Diagnosis and Management
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss the diagnosis and management of hepatitis C co-infection in pers...
PML: Evaluation and Management
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approach to diagnosing and managing Progressive Multifocal...
Integrating Injectable ART into Clinical Practice
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long-acting injectable ART (LAI) was not initially considered to be a treatment option for individuals with substantial barriers to taking oral ART. H...
Initial Laboratory Evaluation of a Person with HIV
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approach to the initial laboratory evaluation with a perso...
CROI 2025: Four More Potentially Practice-Changing Abstracts
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Raaka Kumbhakar, University of Washington Assistant Professors of Medicine, discuss CROI 2025 abstracts on the complexities of...
CROI 2025: CARES and BEeHIVe Studies and Their Potential Practice-Changing Impacts
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What were the CROI 2025 major scientific research themes and the key findings from the CARES trial on long-acting injectable ART and the BEeHIVe study...
Initial Visit & Evaluation for a Person with HIV
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approaches and key questions they ask during an initial vi...
LATITUDE Study: Interim Findings and Implications
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Aadia Rana, University of Alabama Birmingham Professor of Medicine and LATITUDE Study Chair, discusses the LATITUDE Study’s key findings to date...
Implementation of the New HHS Anal Cancer Screening Guidelines
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jeff Schouten, UW faculty in Surgery and in Allergy and Infectious Diseases as well as ANCHOR trial co-investigator, discusses the new anal cancer...
The ANCHOR Study: Does Treatment of Anal HSIL Prevent Anal Cancer?
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode reviews a landmark study published in 2022 that aimed to answer the question of whether treating anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial...
The SLIM LIVER Study: Use of Semaglutide for Persons with HIV
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode reviews literature about the recent SLIM LIVER study which evaluated the impact of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, on persons with...
Neurosyphilis: Evaluation and Management
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approach to diagnosing and treating neurosyphilis in a per...
Switching ART Regimens: A Discussion
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The three National HIV Curriculum Podcast editors discuss the multiple factors they consider before switching to another oral ART option or to injecta...
Disseminated MAC: Evaluation and Management
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approach to diagnosing and treating disseminated Mycobacte...
Initial ART Regimens Considerations: A Discussion
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The three National HIV Curriculum Podcast editors share their perspectives on recent guideline changes to initial ART choices for treatment-naïve ind...
Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Management
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss their approach to treating Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP or PJP) i...
Evaluation of Dyspnea in a Person with Advanced HIV
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dyspnea in persons with advanced HIV has a broad differential diagnosis. National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila...
Semaglutide Studies in PWH & What to Consider Before Prescribing
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kristine Erlandson, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and SLIM LIVER study senior author, discusses recent key ...
CMV Retinitis: Evaluation and Management
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss possible causes of visual changes in advanced HIV and the diagno...
Should People with HIV Take Aspirin for CVD Prevention?
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HIV exacerbates the risk for adverse cardiovascular events. Dr. Chris Longenecker, a University of Washington Associate Professor of Medicine, and Nat...
Toxoplasma Encephalitis: Management
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss the diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasma encephalitis, potentia...
Cardiovascular Side Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Longenecker, a University of Washington Associate Professor of Medicine, discusses the cardiovascular side effects, including effects on lip...
Evaluation of Focal Neurological Symptoms in a Patient with Advanced HIV
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss an approach to working up a patient with a CD4 <100 who prese...
New Guidelines: Statin Therapy for People with HIV to Prevent CVD
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first ever statin therapy guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with HIV were released February 27, 2024. Dr. Chris Longene...
Pharmacologic Management of Hyperlipidemia
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Longenecker, a University of Washington Associate Professor of Medicine, and National HIV Curriculum Podcast Lead Editor Dr. Brian Wood disc...
Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After diagnosing cryptococcal meningitis in the last episode, National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila review the...
REPRIEVE Statin Trial: Why is It Important?
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Longenecker, a University of Washington Associate Professor of Medicine, discusses the REPRIEVE trial design and clinical practice implicati...
Evaluation of a Headache in Advanced HIV
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National HIV Curriculum Podcast Editors Dr. Jehan Budak and Dr. Aley Kalapila discuss an approach to working up a headache in a patient with a CD4 cou...
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Weight Gain
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Managing weight gain with the use of newer generation HIV ART regimens is controversial. Dr. Sara Bares, a University of Nebraska Associate Professor,...