Iron supplements may boost brain development in children with HIV

Sarah Cusick, PhD, associate professor at the U of M Medical School and member of the Masonic Institute for the Developing BrainWith the success and widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART), children with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are living longer, and optimizing their brain development is a new public health imperative."

According to Dr. Cusick, further research is needed to assess brain development and infection risk over a longer period of time.

Funding for the research was provided by Minnesota Masonic Charities, the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health [K08AI141761].

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University of Minnesota Medical School

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