Penn CFAR Annual Research Retreat

Fourth Annual Research Retreat

Agenda

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome: James A. Hoxie, M.D.
Director, Penn Center for AIDS Research
University of Pennsylvania

8:45 to 9:15 a.m.

Carl June, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Use of Lentivirus Vectors to Engineer T Cells for Immunotherapy of HIV Infection

9:15 to 9:45 a.m.

Dennis Kolson , M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
HIV Neuronal Apoptosis: Mechanisms, Pathways, and Protection

9:45 to 10:05 a.m.

Break

10:05 to 10:40 a.m.

Stephen Gluckman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Services, Infectious Diseases Division
University of Pennsylvania
HIV in Botswana: The Challenges (and Rewards) of Helping to Develop a National Treatment Program

10:40 to 11:40 a.m.

Scott M. Hammer, M.D.
Harold C. Neu Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
HIV Pathogenesis, Drug Resistance and Implications for Therapy

11:40 to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Jean Boyer, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Parasitic Infection Alters the Quality of the Immune Response to HIV-1 Vaccines

1:30 to 2:25 p.m.

Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vaccine Research Center
National Institutes of Health
Progress in the Development of Improved AIDS Vaccines

2:25 to 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 to 3:15 p.m.

John Jemmott, Ph.D.
Professor, Annenberg School of Communications
Director, Center for HEalth Behavior and Community Research
University of Pennsylvania
HIV/AIDS Prevention

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

David Metzger, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
HIV Prevention Among Drug Users: Past Successes and Future Challenges

3:45 to 5:00 p.m.

Reception and Poster Session