AIDS and Behavior, Vol. 17, Issue 4 – New Issue Alert – Editorial

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Very nice Editorial in AIDS and Behavior on Rob Malow.

Robert M. Malow 1953-2013

Seth C. Kalichman & Jessy G. D=E9vieux

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Robert M. Malow 1953-2013
Seth C. Kalichman1 and Jessy G. D=E9vieux2 (1) Universit=
y of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, USA (2)
Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Published online: 6 April 2013

AIDS behavioral scientists have lost a valued researcher and colleague. Rob=
Malow passed away on February 18, 2013 after battling a rare and aggressiv=
e cancer. Rob was a frequent contributor to AIDS and Behavior and served on=
our Editorial Board since 2003. Rob’s first paper published in AIDS and Be=
havior appeared in 2000 with Robert McMahon and their student Terri Jenning=
s titled “Personality, stress, and social support in HIV risk prediction” [=
4(4):399-410]. Rob’s most recent paper in the journal is “Depression, Subst=
ance Abuse and Other Contextual Predictors of Adherence to Antiretroviral T=
herapy (ART) Among Haitians” [published online Jan 22, 2013]. Two other rec=
ent papers in the AIDS and Behavior speak to the breadth of his work, “Neur=
ological function, information-motivation-behavioral skills factors, and ri=
sk behaviors among HIV-positive alcohol users.” [2012 Nov;16(8):2297-308]; =
and “Cognitive behavioral HIV risk reduction in those receiving psychiatric=
treatment: a clinical trial” [2012 Jul;16(5):1192-202].

Rob’s interests in AIDS were indeed remarkably broad. He kept up with all t=
hings related to HIV prevention and treatment, including the behavioral, bi=
ological, cultural, social and psychological dimensions of the epidemic. He=
was well versed in the contextual antecedents, individual risk factors, ps=
ychological and social sequelae, medication adherence, and prevention inter=
ventions. He pushed the limit of what he could incorporate in behavioral in=
tervention studies, and had added molecular-genetic factors to his work in =
the last several years in order to contribute more to the field on moderato=
rs of treatment response. His work was based in the HIV/AIDS epicenter of M=
iami, and he had research projects in southern Africa, Trinidad, Haiti, and=
the Dominican Republic. Rob maintained a close and cohesive research team =
in Miami as well as a rich network of nationally recognized collaborators.

Rob was gregarious, likable and a positive spirit. His curiosity about the =
behavioral aspects of AIDS seemed insatiable. In an interview he was once a=
sked what was on his iPod and he replied “I usually listen to webcasts of c=
onferences on my IPod.” Rob personified the very mission of AIDS and Behavi=
or. When once asked to describe how he approached his work, Rob said, “My i=
nterest and intent has been to know everything I could about what works in =
the field of HIV/AIDS prevention, what may be at the frontier, and how othe=
r areas of research, such as obesity prevention, may be related to reducing=
transmission risk.”

Rob was born in 1953 in Long Island. He received his Bachelors Degree in Ps=
ychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1974. Rob atte=
nded graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, earning his =
Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology in 1977 and his PhD in Clinical Psych=
ology 1980. Rob was interested in health psychology from the start of his c=
areer. In graduate school Rob worked closely with Larry Grimm on pain perce=
ption, publishing papers on myofascial pain. After completing his clinical =
internship, Rob took his first position at the University of Illinois Colle=
ge of Dentistry. His expertise in pain research as a young clinical profess=
or rapidly led to intensive research and clinical work with substance using=
populations, and eventually in HIV prevention.

Rob joined the faculty at Tulane University School of Medicine in 1984 in t=
he Department of Psychiatry and Neurology. During this time Rob also served=
as the Program Manager of the Drug Dependence Treatment Program at the New=
Orleans VA Medical Center. Rob used to refer to his time at Tulane as his =
‘Hippie days’, and he carried his Tulane ID card to prove it. These were pr=
oductive years for Rob, publishing 18 papers between 1984 and 1992. Rob als=
o started working on AIDS while at Tulane, achieving the rank of Associate =
Professor. He moved to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences=
at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1992, where he served as =
the Director of Research and Training of the Addiction Treatment Program at=
the University of Miami/Jackson Medical Center until 2002. He focused on H=
IV/AIDS research with inner city minority drug abusing high-risk population=
s. While at the University of Miami, Rob concentrated on NIH-funded project=
s with adolescent offenders, VA patients, seriously mentally ill adults, HI=
V positive patients, and pregnant women. His work also extended to Haiti an=
d the Caribbean where he translated evidence-based interventions for use wi=
th some the world’s most vulnerable populations. Rob moved to Florida Inter=
national University (FIU) in 2002 as a Professor at the Robert Stempel Coll=
ege of Public Health & Social Work and he was the Director of the AIDS Prev=
ention Program. He was recognized by FIU in September 2012 with a Faculty A=
ward for Excellence in Research. His research program remained focused on t=
he intersection of HIV infection and substance abuse and the National Insti=
tutes of Health funded his research seamlessly since 1990.

Rob championed the idea of open access publishing before most of us had eve=
r heard of it. He was cultivating electronic copies of articles and buildin=
g his ‘digital library’ long before it was common for journals to distribut=
e electronic copies of papers. Rob diligently scanned and archived articles=
on his hard-drive. In 1997 Rob started sharing his digital library with co=
lleagues by sending us what were often daily emails; alerting us to freshly=
published literature. This was the start of Malow’s HIV/AIDS ListServ. Sub=
scribers had access to Rob’s collection of current HIV literature and news =
highlighting “research at the frontier of the field.” The ListServ was Rob’=
s passion. He once described it as his “way of studying the field, reducing=
barriers to give-and-take in HIV/AIDS research, and actually, enhancing th=
e enjoyability of my day-to-day work.” In 2010 the CDC funded the ListServ,=
providing Rob with resources that allowed him to expand his reach. The Lis=
tServ grew into a free and searchable archive at a user-friendly website ww=
w.RobertMalow.org. Perhaps the most appreciated=
personal service ever provided to AIDS researchers, Malow’s ListServ reach=
ed as many as 15,000 people around the world. It became a critical source o=
f information for many of us. Rob’s tireless surveillance of the literature=
often made him aware of our articles being published even before the autho=
rs! The ListServ is so well recognized and appreciated, Rob was honored at =
the 2006 U.S. Conference on AIDS with an ‘Unsung Hero Award.’ The award cit=
ation reads:

Many know that for over 14 years Dr. Malow has been at the forefront of HIV=
/AIDS Prevention Research but what few people are aware of is that for the =
last 8 years he has spent at least 20 h per week keeping thousands of peopl=
e who work in the AIDS field updated on literature and information with his=
listserv. Dr. Malow is truly an unsung hero; his undiminished willingness =
to help everyone who requests information from him despite his many years o=
f doing this, deserves recognition. Almost daily, practitioners in the fiel=
d as well as national academic researchers and government officials request=
that Dr. Malow find references, full text articles, authors, and AIDS/HIV =
related data for them, which he does willingly on a pro bono basis. This pr=
epares people in the field to be better informed and thus administer their =
work more efficiently. Furthermore, he helps mentor students and junior fac=
ulty who come to him seeking guidance on grant applications and research pr=
ojects. All of this he does as a service to the field and above and beyond =
his responsibilities as a Professor and Director of the AIDS Prevention Pro=
gram at Florida International University.
Rob sent out his final ListServ notice in early February, just days before =
his death. He was also an enthusiastic disseminator of papers published in =
AIDS and Behavior as part of his ListServ. It is fair to say that Rob did m=
ore than anyone to increase the exposure of work published in AIDS and Beha=
vior. Rob had a vision for connecting people through a common research reso=
urce that would open access to HIV knowledge. It was that connection to us =
through his ListServ that seemed to energize him. Rob was a node in our net=
work that cannot be replaced. His love for this field will live on through =
all of those he touched, and he touched thousands of us.

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Carrie E. Foote, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Sociology
Director of Graduate Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University
CA 306b, 425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Phone: 317.278.8454

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