Upcoming Presentations

Friday, August 1, 2008

15:00-16:30 (3:00 - 4:30 pm)    The State of Current Research with Ethnic Minority MSM in the U.S.: Disparities in a Global Northern Country. Gregorio Millett (CDC). (MSM Preconference, Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel, Room TBD)

Sunday, August 3, 2008

9:00-11:00 (9:00  - 11:00 am)     The A,B,C's of HIV: What differences do the subtypes of HIV make in the global HIV epidemic? Jeymohan Joseph (NIH) and Jeanne Mc Dermott (NIH), Facilitators. (Satellite Session, Skills Building Room 1)

15:45-17:45 (3:45 - 5:45 pm)    Expecting (and managing) the unexpected: Reality Check for PrEP and other new prevention options. Carl Dieffenbach (NIH), Presenter. (Satellite Session, Session Room 5)

Monday, August 4, 2008

11:00-12:30  (11:30 - 12:30 pm)  Clinical Issues in HIV-Infected Children and those Exposed to ARV in Utero. Lynne Mofenson (NIH), Session Co-Chair. Neurodevelopmental status and prenatal antiretroviral exposure in HIV exposed uninfected infants. (Abstract Session, Session Room 3)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Thu Hien Le (CDC). Referrals to HIV-Testing Services: Coordinating Peer-Outreach Programs Sponsored by Different Donors in Vietnam. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Michael Martin (CDC). Drug use and the risk for HIV infection among injection drug users participating in an HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, 1999-2003.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Lynne Mofenson (NIH). Trends in mortality in HIV-infected children in the United States—1994-2006. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Helen Rovito (HRSA). Strategies of involving PLWH/A in impacting services and assisting with programme planning.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    HIV and STI Interactions: New Knowledge, Further Challenges. Hazel Dean (CDC), Session Co-Chair. (Abstract Session, Session Room 1)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    War and Peace between Microbes: Co-Pathogens as Determinants of HIV. Leonid Margolis (NIH), Session Co-Chair. (Special Session, Skills Building Room 9)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    War and Peace between Microbes: Co-Pathogens as Determinants of HIV. Christopher Vanpouille (NIH). HIV interactions with herpes: a third edge of the sword? (Special Session, Skills Building Room 9)

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Laura Kann (CDC). HIV-Related Risk Factors Among Adolescents from 38 Developing Countries: Implications for Risk Reduction Interventions.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Thu Hien Le (CDC). Adaptation of community-based outreach model for peer education programme in closed setting: initial results in a rehabilitation center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Gordon Mansergh (CDC). Event-level context of methamphetamine use and sexual risk behavior of high-risk, substance-using men who have sex with men in the United States.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Sonia Morales-Miranda (CDC). Behavioral and HIV survey among female sex workers in Honduras using respondent driven sampling.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

13:00-14:00 (1:00 - 2:00 pm)    Issues in Pediatric Care and Treatment. Bill Kapogiannis (NIH). Trends in mortality in the pre- and post-HAART eras among HIV-infected children in the U.S. Perinatal AIDS Collaborative Transmission Study (PACTS) (1986-2004). (Poster Discussion, Skills Building Room 9)

14:30-16:00 (2:30 - 4:00 pm)    Evaluation and Care of Neurological and Mental Health Related Complications in HIV Positive Individuals. Jeymohan Joseph (NIH), Facilitator. (Skills Building Workshop, Skills Building Room 8)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ( PEPFAR). Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. (Satellite Session, Session Room 3)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

9:00-10:30 (9:00 - 10:30 am)      The Virus and the Immune System. Jack Whitescarver (NIH), Chair. (Plenary Session, Centro Banamex)

11:00-12:30 (11:00 - 12:30 pm)    Optimizing HIV Testing Interventions. Cristina Raposo (CDC). Counseling and testing in health: a public health approach to increase access to health promotion in Mozambique (Abstract Session, Session Room 5)

11:00-12:30 (11:00 - 12:30 pm)    Host Genetic Factors in HIV Transmission and Disease Progression. Kuan-The Jeang (NIH). 200 novel candidate human proteins needed for HIV-1 replication revealed from a comprehensive shRNA-targeted screening in Jurkat cells. (Abstract Session, Session Room 6)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Andrew Auld (CDC). Can personal data assistants (PDAs) improve routine surveillance of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in resource limited settings? Evaluation of a pilot project in Kenya. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Kelly Johnson (CDC). Living positive tour brings prevention, positive-living, and stigma reduction messages to Namibian youth. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Michael Martin (CDC). Involving communities to inform an HIV prevention trial in Bangkok.(Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Ann O'Leary (CDC). Mediation analysis of an effective HIV prevention for Xhosa adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 14:30 pm)    Rinn Song (CDC). Impact of antiretroviral therapy and cotrimoxazole preventive therapy on survival of HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis – Cambodia, 2007. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:45-14:15 (12:45 - 2:15 pm)    Looking to the Future--The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research. Anthony Fauci (NIH), Panelist. The future of AIDS research. (Special Session, Session Room 1)

14:30-18:00 (2:30 - 6:00 pm)    Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research: Improving Public Health in Latin America. Jacques Normand (NIH), Facilitator. (Skills Building Workshop, Skills Building Room 10)

14:30-18:00 (2:30 - 6:00 pm)    Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research: Improving Public Health in Latin America. Nora Volkow (NIH), Co-Facilitator. (Skills Building Workshop, Skills Building Room 10)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    The USA HIV Epidemic in 2008. Laura Kann (CDC). Trends in HIV-related Risk Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents: Is Progress Stalling? (Abstract Session, Session Room 5)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    The USA HIV Epidemic in 2008. Daniel Kidder (CDC). Housing status and HIV risk behaviors among homeless and housed persons with HIV in the United States. (Abstract Session, Session Room 5)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    Indigenous People: Rights, Vulnerability and Responses. Sonia Morales-Miranda (CDC). HIV, STD and risk behaviors among men who have sex with men, female sex workers, and indigenous Garífuna population in Honduras. (Abstract Session, Session Room 8)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Interventions: An International Perspective. Jacques Normand(NIH), Facilitator. (Satellite Session, Skills Building Room 5)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    The Role and Responsibility of Scientific Journals in Strengthening Research Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings. Jeanne Mc Dermott (NIH). The Importance of Scientific Publication in Receiving Research Grants. (Satellite Session, Skills Building Room 8)

18:30-20:30 (6:30 - 8:30 pm)    Strengthening Global Policy Cooperation among High Resource/Low HIV/AIDS Prevalence Countries to Improve the Domestic Response to HIV/AIDS and Coinfections. CDC and Public Health Agency of Canada. (Satellite Session, Skills Building Room 4)

Thursday, August 7, 2008

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Ira Berkower (FDA). Virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines bearing gp120 with exposed neutralizing determinants and gp41 anchored to the lipid membrane by its own membrane spanning domain. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    (HHS). AIDS.gov: Using New Media in Response to HIV/AIDS. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Wolfgang Hladik (CDC). Fertility and Pediatric HIV/AIDS in Uganda. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Ann O'Leary (CDC). Personal responsibility beliefs of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

12:30-14:30 (12:30 - 2:30 pm)    Jennifer Read (NIH). Acute HIV-1 infection among infants in Sub-Saharan Africa: HIVNET 024. (Poster Exhibition, Hall D)

13:00-14:00 (1:00 - 2:00 pm)    HIV and MSM: Evolving Risk, Transmission, and Prevention Opportunities. Kevin Fenton (CDC), Chair. (Poster Discussion Session, Skills Building Room 4)

14:30-16:00 (12:30 - 4:00 pm)    The Needle and the Damage Done: Addressing HIV Among Injection Drug Users. Abigail Holman (CDC). HIV risk factors and injection drug use among men who have sex with men in Zanzibar (Unguja), Tanzania. (Abstract Session, Session Room 10)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    Advances and Challenges: Reducing HIV Transmission to Infants. Lynne Mofenson (NIH). Should infants receive antiretroviral prophylaxis throughout breastfeeding? Findings from the postexposure prophylaxis of infants study in Malawi (PEPI-Malawi). (Abstract Session, Session Room 5)

16:30-18:00 (4:30 - 6:00 pm)    Immune Activation, Suppression, and Dysregulation. Leonid Margolis (NIH), Co-Chair. (Abstract Session, Session Room 6)

16:30-18:00 (16:30 - 6:00 pm)    Immune Activation, Suppression, and Dysregulation. Andrea Lisco (NIH). HIV-1-induced activation of CD4+ T cells creates new targets for HIV-1 infection in human lymphoid tissue ex vivo. (Abstract Session, Session Room 6)