Dr. Altice is Professor of Medicine at the Yale University AIDS Program and Director of the university’s Clinical and Community Research program. He also directs the Community Health Care Van and the HIV in Prisons Program. He has been involved in establishing several innovative health delivery programs for drug users with and at risk for HIV infection. His research interests include evaluation of health and risk reduction interventions for drug users, adherence to antiretroviral therapy among vulnerable populations, health services and health outcomes research, and clinical epidemiology. Dr. Altice has focused his research efforts primarily on the health status of out-of-treatment injection drug users, including research conducted in correctional, needle exchange, community and healthcare settings. He has conducted longitudinal cohort studies of risk behaviour and the interface between behavioural and biomedical factors associated with HIV risk and health status. He is currently working in several international settings, including Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Argentina. In addition to publishing his research in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Altice has authored several significant books and book chapters. His current interests include exploring health services research among active drug users with co-morbid medical and psychiatric conditions.