Penn CFAR Annual Research Retreat

Sixth 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.

Pablo Tebas, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Where have all the STIs Gone? Using IL-2 During Treatment Interruption

9:20 to 9:50 a.m.

Bret Rudy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
HIV Research and Adolescents: From Observation to Intervention

9:50 to 10:10 a.m.

Break

10:10 to 10:40 a.m.

Una O'Doherty, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
De Novo Latent Infection of Resting CD4+ T Cells by HIV-1

10:45 to 11:45 a.m.

Michael Malim, D.Phil.
Professor of Infectious Disease
King's College, London
DNA Editing and Host Resistance to HIV

11:45 to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., FAAN, RN
Professor of Nursing
Assistant Provost for Gender/Minority Issues
University of Pennsylvania
Strategies for Implementing HIV Risk Reduction in South Africa and Barbados

1:35 to 1:50 p.m.

Harvey Friedman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases
Core Director, CFAR International Core
University of Pennsylvania
Penn's HIV Program in Botswana

1:55 to 2:25 p.m.

Gregory Bisson, M.D.
Instructor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Beginning a Research Program in Botswana: Opportunities and Challenges for a Penn CFAR International Core

2:30 to 3:25 p.m.

Julie Overbaugh, Ph.D.
Member and Associate Program Head, Division of Human Biology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ten Years with the Seattle/Kenya Research Team: Past and Future Opportunities and Challenges

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Reception and Poster Session