Professor quoted in U.S. News and World Report about a new drug that may help protect injection drug users from HIV infection

Victoria Richards, assistant professor of medical sciences in the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, was quoted in publications across the country, including U.S News & World Report, about a new study that found that an antiviral drug may help protect injection drug users from HIV infection.

The study of more than 2,400 people found that daily tablets of tenofovir could be a key ingredient to help reduce the risk of HIV infection.

Tenofovir “accumulates slowly [in the body], making the case for adherence — which is strongly associated with the efficacy of the drug,” Richards said.

The HealthDay article was also published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and NBC 5 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Quinnipiac is now polling in Iowa and Colorado

The Quinnipiac University poll has begun conducting surveys in Iowa and Colorado, two swing states with increasing importance in presidential elections. This is in keeping with the Polling Institute’s belief that presidential elections are decided on a state-by-state basis, rather than nationally.

As in other states polled by Quinnipiac, Iowa and Colorado surveys examine voter attitudes on statewide issues, as well as voter opinions of statewide elected officials, in addition to their thoughts on national issues and possible presidential contenders.

The Quinnipiac University poll now conducts surveys nationally and in Connecticut, New York State, New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Virginia and Florida.

Please visit www.quinnipiac.edu/polling or follow the poll on Twitter at @QuinnipiacPoll.

Professor David Cadden offers insight on Texas governor’s visit to Connecticut to lure jobs to his state

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is planning to visit Connecticut this week in an attempt to lure Connecticut jobs to Texas.

David Cadden, a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship + Strategy in the School of Business, is available to comment.

“Perry estimates the Texas created one third of all new jobs from 2003 to 2013,” said Cadden. “Perry says this was accomplished by having low taxes, lawsuit reform, effective, but more importantly, predictable regulations, balanced budgets and what he describes as a competitive workforce. What he fails to mention is that most of these new jobs were minimum-wage jobs. His attempt to recruit in Connecticut is not unique. He has done this in other states.

“I have a concern that if Perry is successful in his attempt to draw high-tech industries in Connecticut to Texas, employees may be reluctant to move to Texas,” Cadden said. “Perry’s attempt at poaching should certainly cause the governor and the state legislature to review active programs to retain and attract other industries to the state of Connecticut,” he said.

To speak with Cadden, please call John Morgan, associate vice president for public relations at Quinnipiac, at 203-206-4449 (cell).

School of Law Professor William Dunlap offers insight on the government’s collection of personal data

William Dunlap, a professor in the Quinnipiac University School of Law, told the New Haven Register that the USA Patriot Act provisions under which the collection of telephone records of millions of U.S. customers took place appear to be legal.

“We may disagree with the administration’s policy and may disagree with the act of Congress that authorized this but … I don’t see a violation of the law,” the newspaper quoted Dunlap as saying.

The government is “only getting information about the telephone that made the call, the telephone that received the call and the duration … but nothing about the content of the conversation,” Dunlap told the newspaper. “It does not appear to violate the search and seizure requirements of the Fourth Amendment because it’s not gathering what the courts have regarded as private information, like the contents of a telephone conversation.”

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Professor Guido Lang quoted in TechNewsWorld article on Google Glass

Guido Lang, assistant professor of computer information systems in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University, was quoted  in a TechNewsWorld article about facial recognition and privacy protections on Google Glass.

“Google’s decision to keep facial recognition out of Google Glass means little,” Lang said. ”Google can and will change its policy when it’s in its best interest to do so.”

Google’s decision may encourage hackers to implement such features in apps for rooted versions of Glass, he told the online publication.

“Ultimately, Google will follow consumer demand,” he explained. “Let’s face it: Facial recognition could be the killer app for Glass.”

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