Harvard epidemiologist on the impact of HIV/AIDS research

Jeff Imai-Eaton, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the impact that funding cuts can have on HIV/AIDS transmission and treatment. Imai-Eaton's work focuses on tracking the spread of HIV/AIDS. His research allows scientists and medical expert to track successful treatments in order to become more effective. While the reduction in the spread of the disease was a major success story over the past couple of decades, that progress is now at risk. Interruptions in funding could lead to new infections and deaths, as well as a potential resurgence of the disease back to early-2000's levels.