Media and Public Scholarship
Using rigorous and innovative research techniques, the scientists working with The Webel Research Lab have a demonstrated proficiency and expertise in non-pharmacological approaches to prevent and mitigate chronic diseases and symptoms, and improve quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS.
For 15 years, Laboratory Director Allison Webel, RN, PhD, FAAN, and her research team have built a repository of data and clinical expertise in the area of HIV/AIDS research. The Lab’s research and results have been widely reported in scientific journals, general interest and industry publications. A chronological index of stories, articles, and interviews can be found below.
Media Resulting from the Webel Research Lab
Why strength training is critical to healthy aging
This article explores the significance of exercise, particularly strength training, to healthy aging, recognizing its role in mitigating many of the chronic conditions and risk factors associated with getting older
- Open Access Government: Why strength training is critical to healthy aging
- Medscape Medical News: Diet and Activity Deficits Persist in People With HIV
- American Society on Aging: The Vital Role of Sports and Recreation in Healthy Aging
- BlackDoctor+ org (Research News): HIV Diet: What to Eat and What to Avoid
- Everyday Health (Research News): Improved Diet and Exercise Needed to Lower Cardiovascular Risks in Older Ugandans with HIV
- JANAC (Podcast): Improved Diet and Exercise Needed to Lower Cardiovascular Risks in Older Ugandans with HIV
- News Wise (Research News): Healthy Eating for People Living with HIV
- Everyday Health (Research News): How to Eat Well if You Have HIV
- Consultant 360 (Podcast): Aging and HIV
- Poz (Research News): What’s the Best Exercise for People with HIV Over 50?
- Cleveland.com (Research News): Which diets, exercises ease symptoms of HIV?
- The Conversation (Authored Post): A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realized.
- Science Daily (Research News): Double Danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease
- Public Radio International via The Conversation (Authored Post):Women with heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa face fertility risks and social stigma as their greatest challenge
- Crain’s Cleveland Business (Research News): CWRU schools of medicine, nursing receive $3 million grant
- HIV Plus Magazine (Authored Post): How to be Safe and Sexy on Valentine’s Day
- HIV Plus Magazine (Authored Post): Living and Aging Well with HIV
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- The Conversation (Authored Post): Living and Aging Well with HIV: New strategies and new research
- Pink News (Authored Post): People are growing old with HIV for the first time – and they present new challenges
- El Pais (Authored Post): Cómo vivir y envejecer bien con VIH
- The Body Pro (Research News): Liquor Tied to Gut Integrity and Inflammation in Adults with HIV
- Poz (Research News): Exercise is Linked to Lower Fatigue
- The Conversation (Authored Post): HIV/AIDS funding is an investment worth protecting
- All Sides with Ann Fisher (WOSU) (Radio Interview)
- HuffPost (Authored Post): How Can I Improve Depressive Symptoms While Living with HIV?
- HuffPost (Authored Post): Is it Safe to Drink Alcohol if you have HIV?
- HuffPost (Authored Post): Scary Statistics About Women and HIV
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- Managed Health Care (Subject Matter Expert Source): Clinicians urged to manage HIV-infected elders differently from younger people
- Women’s Health Magazine (Subject Matter Expert Source): This Woman Had 9 False Positives for HIV While She Was Pregnant
- Academic Minute (Radio Interview)
- Mina Collins Show (Radio Interview)
- HIV Plus Magazine (Authored Post): Op-Ed: Embrace Happiness and Your HIV
- HIV Plus Magazine (Authored Post): Op-Ed: Four Skills You Need to Successfully Manage Your HIV
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- International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetrics (Research News): Exercise advised for HIV-positive people
- The Nation’s Health (Research News): Regular exercise at home key to reducing chronic disease risk in people with HIV
- News Medical (Research News): Home-exercise plan for HIV patients
- Voice America (Radio Interview)
- The Conversation (Authored Post): How HIV became a treatable, chronic disease
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- Cleveland.com (Research News): Studies: Younger HIV patients more isolated, stressed than older patients; life expectancy improving
- Poz (Research News): The HIV Mental Health Generation Gap
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- The Body Pro (Research News): Stress and Isolation Take Toll on Those Under 50 with HIV: Older People Fare Better
- The Body Pro (Research News): Having a Job Helps Women with HIV Manage Their Illness, Study Says
- Health.am (Research News): Having a job helps women with HIV manage their illness, according to new research
From 2018-2020, Dr. Webel served as a blogger for the American Heart Association’s Early Career Voice Blog, “Professional Heart Daily,” which is aimed at early career cardiovascular and stroke clinicians and scientists. Read Dr. Webel’s AHA Early Career Blogs Here