Center for AIDS Research

December 10, 2007
Harborview Research and Training Building

Agenda

9:00 - 9:15
Ann Collier MD
Sheila Lukehart PhD
Welcome Remarks

9:15 - 9:45
Jared Baeten MD PhD
Senior Fellow, Medicine
Preparing for a Multi-site Trial of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Against HIV

9:45 - 10:15
Marta Bull PhD
Senior Fellow, Medicine and Seattle Children’s Research Institute
HIV-1 in the Female Genital Tract: Compartment or Reservoir of Viral Variants

10:15 - 10:45
Break

10:45 - 11:15
David Huh
Graduate Student,
Psychology
Findings from Project PAL: Did Peer and Pager Support Promote HAART Adherence at Madison Clinic?

11:15 - 11:45
Mike Hensel
Graduate Student, Pathobiology
Homing Molecule Expression in Herpes Specific CD8+ T-cells

11:45 - 12:45
Lunch

12:45 - 1:45
Grace John-Stewart MD, MPH, PhD
Lisa Frenkel MD
Stephen Gloyd MD, MPH
Zane Brown MD
Panel Discussion: Prevention of STD-Related Neonatal Infections and Complications

1:45 - 2:15
Anne Piantadosi
Graduate Student, Pathobiology, UW Medical Scientist Training Program
The Incidence and Timing of HIV-1 Superinfection in a Cohort of High-Risk African Women

2:15 - 2:45
Rachel Katzenellenbogen, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Regulation of Telomerase by Human Papillomavirus 16E6 and NFX1-123

2:45 - 3:15
Break

3:15 - 3:45
Tim Menza, BA
Graduate Student, Epidemiology
Prediction of HIV Seroconversion Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

3:45 - 4:15
Roxanne Pieper Kerani PhD
Epidemiologist, Public Health – Seattle and King County
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
HIV Among African-born Persons in Selected Areas of the United States: A Hidden Epidemic?

4:15 - 5:15
Martina Morris, PhD
Professor, Sociology and Statistics
Keynote Address: Disparities in HIV and STI: Explanations with Global Reach and Local Relevance