Penn CFAR Seminar Series
2003-2004 Academic Year

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Thursday
Sept 25, 2003
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

H. Clifford Lane, M.D.
Clinical Director, Division of Intramural Research,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Impact of HIV Infection on T Cell Homeostasis

Wednesday
Oct 15, 2003
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Preston Marx, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane National Primate Research Center;
Professor of Tropical Medicine
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Austrian
Auditorium,
CRB

Safety and Efficacy of Topical Estrogen in the Prevention of SIV Vaginal Transmission

Thursday
Oct 16, 2003
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Frederic Bushman, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania

Reunion Hall,
JMB

Early Steps of HIV Replication: Mechanisms and Inhibition

Thursday
Nov 20, 2003
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Steven Grinspoon, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Director, MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism; and
Clinical Director, Neuroendocrine Clinical Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mechanisms and Strategies for Insulin Resistance and Other Cardiovascular Complications in HIV Disease

Thursday
Dec 18, 2003
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

James E. K. Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences,
Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Center for AIDS Research,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Class of '62
JMB

HIV as Trojan Exosome: A New Model for Viral Pathogenesis and Transmission

Thursday
Jan 15, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

George M. Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, H. Hughes Medical Institute;
Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology,
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Evolution and Persistence of HIV-1

Wednesday
Jan 21, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Ronald Desrosiers, Ph.D.
Director, New England Primate Research Center;
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics;
Chair, Division of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School

Strategies of Evasion in AIDS

Thursday
Feb 19, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Richard Marlink, M.D.
Executive Director
Harvard AIDS Institute

Access to HIV Care and Treatment in Africa: How do we help as researchers and clinicians?

Wednesday
Feb 25, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Michael Emerman, Ph.D.
Member, Human Biology Division and Basic Sciences Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Affiliate Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Washington

Cell to Cell Transmission of HIV

Thursday
March 18, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Richard Wyatt, Ph.D.
Chief, Structural Virology Laboratory
Vaccine Research Center, NIH

Analysis of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoproteins as Immunogens

Thursday
April 22, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Robert (Chip) Schooley, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Head of Infectious Diseases Division,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Small Molecular Therapeutics for Hepatitis-C Virus: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday
May 19, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Nathaniel R. Landau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Infectious Disease Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

HIV Vif:  It's All About U

Thursday
May 20, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Margaret Chesney, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training,
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
National Institutes of Health

Exploring the Other Hemisphere in Behavioral Medicine: Positive Lessons from HIV/AIDS

Thursday
June 3, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

R. Paul Johnson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
New England Primate Research Center

HPV, HIV and HAART: Molecular and Clinical Interactions