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Looking Forward...the Book on AIDS That Takes a Look at Where We've Been and What We Need to Do Next

Academic Press, a division of Elsevier, is proud to announce the recent publication about the deadly disease AIDS -- a book the New England Journal of Medicine has called... "A compelling montage, full of interesting and unexpected twists in the storyline, even to a reader who has spent most of the past two decades deeply engaged with AIDS" -- "The AIDS Pandemic: Impact on Science and Society," edited By Kenneth H. Mayer and H. F. Pizer.

This highly anticipated book explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform, the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognized experts who cover the unprecedented impact of AIDS on culture, demographics, and politics around the world, including how it affected the worlds' economy, health sciences, epidemiology, and public health.

"When we were first presented with the material from Mayer and Pizer for this book, I knew we were looking at a unique and transformational work," said Tessa Picknett, Senior Publisher at Academic Press. "It was apparent that both Mayer and Pizer had the expertise to provide a fresh and multi-faceted perspective on the topic of AIDS, and to bring together the writers that would ably explore not only the ways in which the AIDS pandemic has challenged and changed many facets of medicine and society, but could use the lessons learnt to provide forward-looking ideas which will help us to face the future of AIDS," Picknett added.

And here is what one doctor is saying after reading The AIDS Pandemic...

"After reading so much about what has not happened, it was refreshing to open 'The AIDS Pandemic,' written by a diverse group of authors and edited by Ken Mayer and Hank Pizer. In the book's preface, Mayer says that the 'AIDS pandemic has transformed the multiple disciplines it has touched from molecular biology...to macroeconomics,' and the following 19 chapters prove it. The authors describe not only the impact of the HIV pandemic (the problems) but also a number of programs, strategies, and innovations (the solutions) -- and they do it in global terms. I could say more, but instead I will recommend that you buy Meyer and Pizer's book, read it, and pass it on to a colleague...If you want to look forward, read the book by Mayer and Pizer."

William M. Valenti, MD,
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

About Academic Press and Elsevier

Academic Press began publishing best-selling books in agricultural and biological sciences, bioengineering, biomedical sciences, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, forensic science, and many more areas in 1942. In 2001, they were acquired by Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services.

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