2008 UW/UCSF-GIVI Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women

University of Washington

University of Washington, Seattle campus

The UW/UCSF-GIVI Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women was a project of the Centers for AIDS Research of the University of Washington and University of California, San Francisco – Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology. The theme for this initial event was “AIDS 2031:  Looking Back to Look Forward”, partnering with the aids2031 (www.aids2031.org) group to highlight the need to critically look at the last 25 years of the AIDS epidemic in order to plan the research agenda for women in future years.

Goals of the symposium included:

1. looking back at the achievements and challenges of last 25+ years since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in order to define future HIV treatment and care priorities
2. charting a course for future research efforts to address HIV-related issues unique to women
3. generating synergy between institutions and individuals dedicated to HIV research in women.

Th e symposium included keynote and plenary talks, invited research presentations, small group break-out sessions and a panel discussion. Dr. Catherine Hankins, Chief Scientific Advisor to UNAIDS, presented the opening Keynote Speech entitled: Gender, Sex and HIV in the 21st Century: Righting the Imbalance. Dr. Ruth Greenblatt, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at UCSF, started off day two with a Plenary Talk entitled:  HIV, A Women's Health Pandemic, covering issues in transmission and women’s reproductive biology, prevention, immunology and treatment.

• Date:  September 4-5, 2008
• Location:  Seattle, WA
• Attendance:  106

2008 Symposium Agenda