How AIDS Denialism Spreads In Russia Through Online Social Networks
Many don’t seek treatment until their health deteriorates.
The Huffington Post
Peter Meylakhs
- Senior Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / International Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy
- Peter Meylakhs has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
- 2013Associate Professor
- 2007
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Social Structure, Social Institutes and Processes
Saint Petersburg State University
Thesis Title: Social Reflection of the Drug Situation in St.Petersburg - 2001
Degree
University of the Russian Academy of Education
* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
2008-2009. Post-doctoral training at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), New York, USA.
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
P. Ogurtsov «Health and Environment: Empirical Evidences in Russia». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
T. Plakhotina «Pharmaceutical Clusters in Russia». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
G. Khabibullina «Health Economics in Russia: Systematic Literature Review». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
V. Efimova «Concentration of Pharmaceutical Sector in Russian Federation». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
- Master
N. Antipeva «Doctor-Patient Relationship in Girls with Eating Disorders». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
M. Fokina «Structure of Motives Encouraging Young People in St. Petersburg to Take or Refuse Taking Opioids». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
Courses (2016/2017)
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2015/2016)
- Economic Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Social Problems Development (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2014/2015)
- Economic Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 1 module)Rus
- Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2013/2014)
- General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economics ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Mass Communication (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
2013: Member of the Editorial Council, International Journal of Drug Policy (International Journal of Drug Policy ).
Publications21
- Article Meylakhs P., Friedman S. R., Meylakhs A., Mateu-Gelabert P., Ompad D. C., Alisa A., Dmitrieva A. A New Generation of Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia? HIV, HCV, and Overdose Risks in a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of Young Hard Drug Users // AIDS and Behavior. 2019 doi (in press)
- Article Mateu-Gelabert P., Guarino H., Quinn K., Meylakhs P., Campos S., Meylakhs A., Berbesi D., Toro-Tobón D., Goodbody E., Ompad D. C., Friedman S. R. Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention. // Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 2018. Vol. 15. No. 4. P. 324-335. doi
- Chapter Meylakhs P. Heroin Markets, in: Dual Markets - Comparative Approaches for Regulation. Springer, 2017.
- Article Rykov Y., Meylakhs P., Sinyavskaya Y. Network Structure of an AIDS-denialist Online Community: Identifying Core Members and the Risk Group // American Behavioral Scientist. 2017. Vol. 61. No. 7. P. 688-706. doi
- Chapter Мейлахс А. Ю., Осланд О., Алиева А. В., Александрова Е. А., Мейлахс П. А. «Национальная антинаркотическая политика и ее региональные вариации: «межведомственное взаимодействие», здоровье и непредвиденные результаты в сфере реабилитации ЛУН» // В кн.: Сборник материалов Региональной научной конференции «Реабилитация потребителей наркотиков: между религией и наукой». СПб. : Издательство "Перо", 2017. Гл. 1. С. 10-17.
- Chapter Алиева А. В., Мейлахс А. Ю., Александрова Е. А., Мейлахс П. А., Годлевская М., Медведева Я. Лечение как приговор: реабилитация и здоровье ЛУН, имеющих опыт судимости. // В кн.: Сборник материалов Региональной научной конференции «Реабилитация потребителей наркотиков: между религией и наукой». СПб. : Издательство "Перо", 2017. Гл. 3. С. 127-136.
- Article Meylakhs P., Aasland A., Grønningsæter A. “Until people start dying in droves, no actions will be taken”: perception and experience of HIV-preventive measures among people who inject drugs in northwestern Russia // Harm Reduction Journal. 2017. P. 1-7. doi
- Preprint Rykov Y., Meylakhs P., Sinyavskaya Y. Network Structure of an AIDS-denialist Online Community: Identifying Core Members and the Risk Group / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2016. No. 71.
- Article Рыков Ю. Г., Кольцова Е. Ю., Мейлахс П. А. Структура и функции онлайн-сообществ: сетевая картография ВИЧ-релевантных групп в социальной сети «ВКонтакте» // Социологические исследования. 2016. № 8. С. 30-42.
- Article Meylakhs P., Friedman S. R., Mateu-Gelabert P., Sandoval M., Meylakhs A. Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users avoid HIV and Hepatitis C // Sociology of Health and Illness. 2015. Vol. 37. No. 4. P. 626-641. doi
- Chapter Мейлахс П. А., Рыков Ю. Г. Онлайновое сообщество СПИД-диссидентов в социальной сети «ВКонтакте»: структура и риторические стратегии // В кн.: XV апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества: в 4-х книгах / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 3. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2015. С. 137-146.
- Article Meylakhs P., Rykov Y., Koltsova O., Koltsov S. An AIDS-denialist Online Community in a Russian Social Networking Service: Patterns of Interactions with the Newcomers and Rhetorical Strategies of Persuasion // Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014. Vol. 16. No. 11. P. e261.
- Article Zheluk A., Quinn C., Meylakhs P. Internet search and krokodil in the Russian Federation: an infoveillance study // Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014. Vol. 16. No. 9. P. e212. doi
- Chapter Aasland A., Grønningsæter A., Meylakhs P. More are testing positive-but is everything negative? Russia and the HIV epidemic, in: Global HIV/AIDS politics, policy, and activism: Persistent challenges and emerging issues Vol. 1: Politics and government. Santa Barbara : Praeger, 2013. P. 275-294.
- Article Peter Meylakhs. Dangerous knowledge vs. dangerous ignorance: Risk narratives on sex education in the Russian press // Health, Risk and Society. 2011. Vol. 13. No. 3. P. 239-254.
- Article Peter Meylakhs, Friedman S. R., Sandoval M., Mateu-Gelabert P., Des Jarlais D. C. Symbiotic Goals and the Prevention of Blood-Borne Viruses Among Injection Drug Users // Substance Use and Misuse. 2011. Vol. 46. No. 2/3. P. 307-315.
- Article Mateu-Gelabert P., Sandoval M., Meylakhs P., Wendel T., Friedman S. R. Strategies for Avoiding Opioid Withdrawal: Implications for HCV and HIV Risks // International Journal of Drug Policy . 2010. Vol. 21. No. 3. P. 179-185.
- Article Meylakhs P. Drugs and Symbolic Pollution: The Work of Cultural Logic in the Russian Press // Cultrual Sociology. 2009. Vol. 3. No. 3. P. 377-395.
- Chapter Мейлахс П. А. Социологические, политологические и идеологические аспекты аддиктологии // В кн.: Руководство по аддиктологии. СПб. : Речь, 2007. С. 63-90.
- Chapter Meylakhs P. The Discourse of the Press and the Press of Discourse: The Construction of the Drug Problem in the Russian Media, in: Critical Readings: Moral Panics and the Media. Open University Press, 2006.
- Article Мейлахс П. А. Отдавая "родине" должное: опыт этносимволического анализа случая турок-месхетинцев центральной России // Ab Imperio. 2006. Т. 2. С. 233-273.
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Известия
Congratulations to our colleagues on the publication in a quarterly peer-reviewed medical review journal ‘Current HIV/AIDS Reports’ (Q1)
In collaboration with foreign colleagues, Peter Meylakhs and Anastasia Meylakhs have presented the results of the study 'Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention'.
VI Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference 2018
Senior research fellow Peter Meylakhs participated in the VI Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference 2018 as co-chair of the session "HIV-Dissidence".
Fear and Uncertainty Lead to AIDS Denialism
December 1 marked World AIDS Day, the purpose of which is to increase global awareness of the disease. Researchers from HSE’s campus in St. Petersburg have spent the last two years studying a movement of individuals called ‘AIDS dissidents,’ or people who deny the existence of AIDS. Peter Meylakhs, Senior Research Fellow with the International Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy at HSE St. Petersburg, discusses some of his research results below.
Dr Peter Meylakhs took part in a workshop at Warwick University
Senior Research Fellow at CHEMP, Dr Peter Meylakhs, recently attended a workshop at Warwick University (UK)
