Penn CFAR Annual Research Retreat

Eighth Annual Research Retreat

Agenda

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome: James A. Hoxie, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Director, Penn Center for AIDS Research
University of Pennsylvania

8:40 to 9:05 a.m.

Ian Frank, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Blocking HIV entry, prospects and challenges

9:05 to 9:30 a.m.

Ronald Collman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
HIV entry and primary cells

9:30 to 9:55 a.m.

Steven D. Douglas, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Neurokinin 1 Receptor and Substance P in HIV Immunopathogenesis and Treatment

9:55 to 10:10 a.m.

Break

10:10 to 10:20 a.m.

James Riley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
The Human Immunology Core

10:20 to 10:45 a.m.

Guido Silvestri, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Understanding the benign nature of SIV infection in natural hosts: implications for AIDS pathogenesis

10:45 to 11:10 a.m.

Michael Betts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania
Cellular Control of HIV - What Really Matters?

11:10 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.

Michael Lederman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for AIDS Research
Case Western Reserve University
Immune Deficiency and Immune Protection in HIV Infection

12:05 to 1:10 p.m.

Lunch

1:10 to 1:35 p.m.

Huntly Collins, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Journalism
LaSalle University
The Global AIDS Epidemic: It's Not Just the Virus, Stupid!

1:35 to 2:00 p.m.

Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Ethics
University of Pennsylvania
Shots in the Dark? -- Ethical Issues in Vaccine Research

2:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Erle Robertson, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania
AIDS associated human malignancies: Lessons from the gammaherpesvirus family

2:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 to 3:05 p.m.

Michael Lederman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for AIDS Research
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve CFAR International Program

3:05 to 3:20 p.m.

Harvey Friedman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Penn CFAR International Program in Botswana

3:20 to 3:40 p.m.

James Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Snider Entrepreneurial Center, The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton Initiatives in Botswana

3:40 to 5:00 p.m.

Poster Session and Reception