Penn CFAR Annual Research Retreat

First Annual Research Retreat

Agenda

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast
Lobby and Thomson Hall

8:30 to 8:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks: James A. Hoxie, M.D.
Director, Penn Center for AIDS and HIV Research
University of Pennsylvania

8:45 to 9:20 a.m.

Dr. Ronald Collman
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
HIV-1 Entry into Primary Cells

9:20 to 9:55 a.m.

Dr. Irwin Chaiken
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
University of Pennsylvania
Structure and Recognition Mechanisms of AIDS-Related Proteins

9:55 to 10:15 a.m.

Break
Thomson Hall

10:15 to 10:50 a.m.

Dr. Linda Aiken
School of Nursing & Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Organization and Outcomes of Inpatient AIDS Care: A National Evaluation of Dedicated AIDS Units

10:50 to 11:25 a.m.

Dr. Susan Watkins
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Chatting About AIDS: Social Networks in Rural Kenya and Malawi

11:25 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Beatrice Hahn
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Origin of the Human AIDS Viruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2

12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Lunch
(Poster Set-Up in Thomson Hall)

2:00 to 2:35 p.m.

Dr. Terri Finkel
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
T-Cell Signaling and Apoptosis in HIV Infection

2:35 to 3:10 p.m.

Dr. Stephen Gluckman
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Current Concepts in Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV Infection

3:10 to 3:45 p.m.

Dr. Richard Rutstein
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research and Special Initiatives in HIV Infected Infants and Children

Dr. Bret Rudy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research and Special Initiatives in HIV Infected Adolescents

3:45 to 5:30 p.m.

Reception and Poster Session
Thomson Hall