Emory CFAR Hosts Top Scientists at National Symposium on Global HIV/AIDS
Epidemic: Science, People & Policy
VIIth National Science Symposium of the NIH Centers
for AIDS Research
November 13, 2003, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building
1440 Clifton Road, Emory University
ATLANTA — The Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) will host a day-long
science symposium on November 13 focused on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic,
featuring leading scientists from throughout the world. The VIIth National
Science Symposium of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) CFARs will
take place on the Emory University campus in the Woodruff Health Sciences
Center Administration Building at 1440 Clifton Road. It is free and
open to the public and a complimentary lunch will be provided. Advance
reservations for lunch are required (email: cfar@sph.emory.edu).
The symposium is part of a three-day annual conference of directors
and administrators of NIH-supported CFARs from around the nation. James
W. Curran, MD, MPH, director of the Emory CFAR and dean of Emory’s Rollins
School of Public Health, has been director of the National CFAR Executive
Committee during the past year. The Emory CFAR, which includes more
than 120 faculty throughout the university, was first designated by
the NIH in 1998, and its funding was renewed for five years in 2002
through grants totaling $9.3 million.
The CFAR science symposium includes presentations by leaders of renowned
HIV/AIDS research programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), the University of California/San Diego, the University of California/Los
Angeles, the University of Alabama/ Birmingham, the University of Washington/Seattle,
and Harvard Medical School, as well as AIDS research leaders from the
World Health Organization (Geneva), Universidade Federal (Rio de Janeiro),
and the Medical Research Council of South Africa (Cape Town). A poster
session will feature research by CFAR Developmental Core grant recipients
from around the country.
For more information, or to register for lunch, contact Kimberly Sessions,
EdD, assistant director of the Emory CFAR, at 404-727-2924 or cfar@sph.emory.edu.
Information about the symposium may also be found on the CFAR website
at http://www.sph.emory.edu/CFAR.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
8:00
Welcome
James W. Curran, MD, MPH
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health
of Emory University
Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research
8:10
Opening remarks
Michael M.E. Johns, MD
CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University
Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University
I. The use of structural and policy interventions to reduce the burden
of disease
8:15
Reducing HIV Infection in the United States: Where are We Now and What
Will It Take?
Harold W. Jaffe, MD
Director, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:00
Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapy: The Brazilian Experience
Mauro Schechter, MD, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, National Research Council, Brazil.
Head, AIDS Research Laboratory, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga
Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Professor of Infectious Diseases, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva,
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
(IAVI)
9:45
Morning Break and Poster Session
II. The use of structural and behavioral interventions to reduce HIV
transmission
10:15
Heterosexual HIV Transmission and Prevention Strategies: From Basic
Science to Policy in the African Setting
Susan Allen, MD Associate Professor of Epidemiology & International
Health
Core Director, University of Alabama - Birmingham Center for AIDS Research
Director, Africa Program, Fogarty AIDS International Training in Research
Program
University of Alabama - Birmingham
11:00
Prevention of HIV Among MSM in the US: Challenges and Solutions
Thomas J. Coates, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
11:45
Lunch (provided to participants but advance reservation required)
III. The use of research to improve HIV/AIDS quality of life
12:45
Panel Discussion: Promoting HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment in South
Africa -- What are the Research Questions?
Bruce D. Walker, MD
Director, Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, Professor, Harvard
Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Anthony Mbewu, MBBS, MD, PMD
Executive Director of Research, Medical Research Council of South Africa
Philip Onyebujoh, MD
Intervention Development and Implementation Research
Manager, Proof of Principle and Implementation Research on Tuberculosis
and Leprosy
Disease Research Coordinator, Tuberculosis
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
World Health Organization
2:15
Afternoon Break and Poster Session
IV. The use of basic science to illuminate AIDS pathogenesis
2:45
HIV Escape and Evolution
Douglas Richman, MD
Professor of Pathology and Medicine in Residence
Director, Research Center for AIDS and HIV Infection, San Diego VA Medical
Center
Director, UCSD Center for AIDS Research and UCSD AIDS Research Institute
3:30
Molecular determinants of heterosexual HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia
Eric Hunter, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Director, Center for AIDS Research
The University of Alabama - Birmingham
V. The use of vaccine science to promote a healthier future
4:15
Developing Vaccines for HIV: Is the System Working?
Lawrence Corey, MD
Professor, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine
Head, Virology Division/University of Washington
Head, Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center
5:00
Closing remarks
James W. Curran, MD, MPH
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