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Assistant Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
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| Dr. Helen-Maria Lekas is a trained ethnographer and qualitative researcher with many years of experience working with undeserved populations, and especially women in poverty. As an assistant professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences she continues her
work with disadvantaged populations in New York City. Dr. Lekas is currently a co-investigator on a grant funded by NIDA that examines the challenges facing persons with HIV/AIDS who also are infected with Hepatitis C and have a history of injecting drug use. She is also involved with three other NIH-funded grants that explore the psychosocial challenges facing older adults with HIV, women with HIV, and persons with cancer and their caregivers, at the end of life. Dr. Lekas’ published articles address the issues of testing and HIV, the use of AZT among women with HIV/AIDS who are pregnant or are contemplating pregnancy, symptom intepretation and HIV, and issues of stigmatization and HIV. Among her primary interests are highlighting how gender, race/ethnicity and class impact the illness-related challenges facing people with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses. Dr. Lekas teaches a course, Living with Chronic Illness, in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, has developed materials for collecting and analyzing qualitative data, and been involved in the training of research staff for several projects within the Department of Sociomedical Sciences.
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