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From untreatable to undetectable and beyond.

Caring for Columbia University students for more than 30 years

In October of 1985, Laura Pinsky and Paul Harding-Douglas founded the Columbia Gay Health Advocacy Project (GHAP), in response to the unfolding AIDS crisis, with the mission of providing HIV information, counseling, and testing to the Columbia community.

GHAP continues to operate today as part of Alice! Health Promotion in Columbia Health. If you are interested in talking to an advocate, getting an HIV test, learning about PrEP, or accessing any of the additional sexual health services that GHAP provides, our office is located in John Jay Hall at 519 W. 114th Street on the third floor.

Learn more about our services and find our current drop-in hours on the Columbia Health website. 

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Welcome to the GHAP Archive

A message from GHAP's former Associate Director, Daniel Chiarilli:

Explore The Archive

Ad from the Columbia Spectator in 1985 looking for volunteers for cancer research, specifically Kaposi's sarcoma.
Timeline

From Panic to PrEP, learn about the history of GHAP as it intertwines with the HIV epidemic.

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Library

Information about the education GHAP provided to the Columbia community, through small sessions and large conferences.

photo of Columbia's Low Library overlaid with the Columbia Spectator logo
In The News

Coverage of GHAP and HIV/AIDS by Columbia's student press.

photo of the first GHAP team
People

GHAP current and former members share their perspectives and remembrances on their time with the project.

photo of the AIDS quilt displayed on the Capitol Lawn in Washington, DC.
Memorial

An incomplete list of Columbia students, faculty, administrators, and alumni who have died from complications of HIV/AIDS.