Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR
The 2012 Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women was hosted by the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research. The goal of the symposium was to identify gaps in knowledge in research on HIV and women and to develop strategies that will move the field forward. The specific aims of the conference were to:
- Identify gaps in knowledge in research related to HIV and women and develop strategies that will move the field forward
- Generate collaborative activity between the different CFARs and with other research networks highlighting cutting edge science
- Promote and emphasize opportunities for young investigators
The symposium consisted of three sessions:
HIV Prevention: Special Issues in Women The Prevention session targeted issues related to biomedical prevention opportunities, rollout of efficacy trials, ART for prevention and HIV treatment during a woman’s lifespan (presenter bios)
- Dr. Ashley Haase, The anatomy of the humoral immune response to a SIV Vaccine in the female reproductive tract at 1 cm resolution
- Dr. Connie Celum, STIs/Inflammation and HIV Transmission and Acquisition
- Dr. Julie Overbaugh, The role of neutralizing antibodies in blocking HIV-infection
- Niall Buckley, BS, HPV-Associated Changes in the Mucosal immune Environment in HIV-infected Women
- Jenell Coleman, MD, MPH, Method of hormonal contraception is associated with lower tenofovir concentration in health women (MTN-001): implications for pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Velda Mushangwe-Mtisi, MB, CHB, MMed, Analysis of HIV sero-conversion among women survivors of sexual assault at a sexual assault clinic in Zimbabwe
- Marta Rodriquez-Garcia, MD, PhD, Estradiol reduces HIV-infection in CD4+T cells and macrophages
HIV and Reproductive Health The Reproductive Health session targeted fertility issues, contraception issues, HIV transmission in discordant couples and issues related to periconception pre-exposure prophylaxis (presenter bios)
- Dr. Mardge Cohen, Women, Gender Based Violence and HIV: Resisting "Legitimate" Rape
- Dr. Charles Wira, Genitoanal Trauma and Mucosal Immunology as it relates to HIV transmission
- Dr. Nelly Mugo, HIV Risk in Pregnancy
- Dr. Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, Developing Cervical Cancer Screening Programe Using HIV/ART Care and Treatment Structure
- Laura Dainton, MSci, Young Women's perceptions of contraception and pregnancy in South Africa: Implications for HIV Prevention
- Roksana Karim, MBBS, PhD, Association of Gonadotropin and sex steroid levels with subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected and uninfected women in the Women's Interagency HIV study (WIHS)
- Rebecca Pellett Madan, MD, MS, Bactericidal E. coli activity in female genital tract secretions as a biomarker of HIV progression and acquisition risk
- Daniel Westreich, PhD, Incident pregnancy and time to death or AIDS among HIV-positive women receiving antiretroviral therapy
Health Disparities & Social Vulnerabilities of Women The Health Disparities session targeted community engagement, access to and retention in care, adherence to therapy, gender disparities, HIV in older women, adolescents, minority women, social & structural issues – participation in clinical trials, food security, nutrition, and behavioral issues/change (presenter bios)
- Dr. Gloria Heresi, Issues in adolescent women living with perinatal HIV infection
- Dr. Alice Tang, Food Insecurity and HIV Outcomes in HIV infected Women
- Dr. Sally Hodder, Health disparities in the ISIS cohort
- Claire Farel, MD, MPH, Hit, kicked, slapped, bit, raped: Trauma, Violence, and HIV risk among incarcerated African-American Women in NC
- Gloria Gakii, MA, Empowering sex workers to control spread of HIV in Nairobi: The Sex Worker Outreach Program (SWOP) Model
- Kathleen Krause, BA, MSC, Current practice of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis treatment for sexual assault patients in an Emergency Department
- Allison McFall, BA, MHS, Understanding the Disparity: Predictors of virologic failure in women using highly active antiretroviral therapy vary by race and ethnicity
Each session integrated areas of basic, clinical and social behavioral sciences and consisted of invited speakers and presentations by junior investigators. The intent of this symposium was not only to discuss the state of the science in each field but to critically review the issues for their relevance to women, to identify gaps, and to develop recommendations on how to fill in these gaps. It was also the intent of the CFAR investigators to help inform funding agencies as to the most relevant issues affecting HIV infected women.
- Date: Mentoring day September 18; Research symposium September 19-20, 2012
- Location: Providence, RI
- Attendance: 166
2012 Symposium Agenda
2012 Welcome Letter
2012 Symposium Sponsors
2012 Symposium Website

Drs. Haase, Overbaugh and Celum

Drs. Cu-Uvin, McClelland and Landay

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