Last Gift In the Media

In-Depth: HIV Institute at UC San Diego paves way towards cure
10News San Diego

To Help Researchers Find Out About HIV’s Life After Death, Some People Plan to Donate Their Bodies to Science
TheBody: The HIV/AIDS Resource | April 2021

Dying People Give Last Gift to Help Cure HIV
EurekAlert | January 2020

The Last Gift: Taking Part in HIV Cure Research at the End of Life
PositivelyAware | May 2019

Virus Detectives Test Whole-body Scans in Search of HIV’s Hiding Places
Nature | October 2018

HIV+ Volunteers are Bequeathing their Organs to a New Project
The Economist | June 2018

HIV Survivors Give Their ‘Last Gift’ In A New San Diego Study
KPBS | September 2017

Last Gift Study: End-of-Life HIV Research
infectious Disease Advisor | June 2017

Last Gift Study: Community Perspective on End-of-Life HIV Research
Infectious Disease Advisor | June 2017

Last Gift Research Publications

Quality of Life in People with HIV at the End of Life: Preliminary Results from the Last Gift Observational Cohort Study
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Oct 3. PMID: 39361015.

Gene expression and chromatin conformation of microglia in virally suppressed people with HIV.
Life Science Alliance 2024 July 26. PMID: 39060113.

People with HIV at the End of Life and their Next-of-Kin/Loved Ones Are Willing to Participate in Interventional HIV Cure-Related Research.
AIDS 2023 Oct 18. PMID: 37861674.

Perceived Risks and Benefits of Enrolling People with HIV at the End of Life in HIV Cure Research in Southern California, United States.
Journal of Virus Eradication 2023, 9(2):100328. PMID: 37440872.

A Community-Driven Framework to Prioritize the Use of Donated Human Biological Materials in the Context of HIV Cure-Related Research at the End of Life.
Pathogens and Immunity 2023; 8(1):1 – 16. PMID: 37252012.

Vulnerability in Biomedical Research: A Historical Reflection and Practical Implications for HIV Cure-Related Research.
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2023 Jun 21. PMID: 37227023. [Online Ahead of Print].

Donating One’s Body to HIV Cure Research Through Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying: A Case Study.
Curr HIV Res 2023 Sept 4. [Online Ahead of Print]. PMID: 37670698.

Lessons for Understanding Central Nervous System HIV Reservoirs from the Last Gift Program
Current HIV/AIDS Reports | October 2022

Landscape of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Neutralization Susceptibilities Across Tissue Reservoirs.
Clinical Infectious Diseases | October 2022

Willingness of Older Canadians with HIV to Participate in HIV Cure Research Near and After the End of Life: A Mixed-Method Study
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses | August 2022

Lessons learned from the Last Gift study: ethical and practical challenges faced while conducting HIV cure-related research at the end of life 
Journal of Medical Ethics | June 2022

Ethical and practical considerations for HIV cure-related research at the end-of-life: a qualitative interview and focus group study in the United States 
BMC Medical Ethics | January 2022

Scale up Rapid Research Autopsies for Tissue Immunology
Nature | July 2021

Ethical and practical considerations for interventional HIV cure-related research at the end-of-life: A qualitative study with key stakeholders in the United States
PLoS One | July 2021

Attitudes and perceptions of next-of-kin/loved ones toward end-of-life HIV cure-related research: A qualitative focus group study in Southern California 
PLoS One | May 2021

Clinical and Rapid Autopsy Staff Members’ Experiences and Perceptions of HIV Reservoir Research at the End of Life
PLOS ONE | November 2020

Perceptions of Next-of-Kin/Loved Ones About Last Gift Rapid Research Autopsy Study Enrolling People with HIV/AIDS at the End of Life: A Qualitative Interview Study
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses | November 2020

Performing Rapid Autopsy for the Interrogation of HIV Reservoirs
AIDS | June 2020

“My Death Will Not [Be] in Vain”: Testimonials from Last Gift Rapid Research Autopsy Study Participants Living with HIV at the End of Life. 
AIDS Research Human Retroviruses | June 2020

My Death Will Not Be in Vain
ResearchGate | May 2020

HIV Persists Throughout Deep Tissues with Repopulation from Multiple Anatomical Sources
The Journal of Clinical Investigation | January 2020

Ethical Considerations for HIV Cure-related Research at the End of Life
BMC Medical Ethics | June 2018

Willingness to Participate in HIV Research at the End of Life
PLOS ONE | July 2018

Can Research at the End of Life be a Useful Tool to Advance HIV Cure?
AIDS | January 2017