Zoom<\/a>. Registration is not required.<\/p>\n\u201cHIV in the Rust Belt\u201d is a collaboration of director Holly Hey, professor of film, and co-producer Dr. Ally Day, associate professor of disability studies at UToledo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think most of us would agree we\u2019ve heard some variation of these stories from the coastal perspective, but never anything focused on the Rust Belt and specifically, not on the Toledo region,\u201d Hey said.<\/p>\n
Day and Hey have spent the last two years researching and filming for the project, which aims to explain the epidemic through the perspective of those who were on its front lines, either as patients, healthcare providers or leaders of community resource organizations.<\/p>\n
The new material being screened on Saturday focuses heavily on Dr. Joan Duggan, a UTMC infectious disease specialist who has long served as medical director of UTMC\u2019s Ryan White Program.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the documentary, Duggan will be joined by Dr. Rodger MacArthur, an infectious disease specialist from Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Ga., for a discussion about the early days of the HIV response in Toledo. MacArthur, a widely recognized HIV\/AIDS expert, worked at the former Medical College of Ohio at the time.<\/p>\n
The event is sponsored by the Ann Wayson Locher Memorial Fund for HIV Care held at The University of Toledo Foundation, a fund created for HIV care and research.<\/p>\n
The filmmakers expect to spend another year or two shooting before beginning to work on the final cut. They also are exploring other ways to present the material, potentially including a podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are connected to the virus and to the time in really unexpected ways, and I find as the director that\u2019s really appealing and one of the most interesting facets of it,\u201d Hey said. \u201cIt completely breaks down and explodes stereotypes about who gets it and why they get it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The June 5 date is significant for this early showing because it marks 40 years since the virus was officially recognized in the U.S. \u2014 and led to changes in how infectious diseases were thought about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought we had contagious disease covered. When this hits in 1981 and we finally recognize it as a virus we\u2019re terrified because it\u2019s telling us we haven\u2019t actually conquered contagious disease,\u201d Day said. \u201cIt was a major wake-up call to the medical community. Forty years later, we\u2019ve made a substantial amount of progress with what we do about HIV, but we still don\u2019t have a vaccine or a cure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The HIV in the Rust Belt team also includes co-producers Sue Carter, an HIV social worker with The University of Toledo Medical Center Ryan White Program; Lee Fearnside, development director at Girls on the Run of Northwest Ohio; and Richard Meeker, manager of community engagement and development at the Ryan White Program<\/p>\n
The Ryan White Program at UTMC offers high-quality comprehensive care for individuals and families affected by HIV\/AIDS. The program offers adult primary care, mental health counseling, case management, advocacy and HIV testing in Lucas County and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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