Scientific Program Committee

CROI 2008 Session 1
j Sunday, 9 am-1:40 pm; Room 302-304
Session 1–Workshop CME
Program Committee Workshop for New
Investigators and Trainees
The purpose of this workshop is to educate and engage new investigators and
trainees, to spark interest in the field, to provide opportunities for interaction
among trainees and faculty, and to orient trainees to the science being
presented at the conference.
Presentations during the Program Committee Workshop will be geared
toward new trainees (e.g., graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and
physician fellows) and new investigators (both international and domestic)
who have been conducting active research in the field for less than 3 years.
The lunch presentation is limited to awardees from the young investigator,
international scholar, and community educator programs. Other CROI
registrants may attend the workshop (on a space available basis). No preregistration
is required.
The workshop format is designed to be interactive. Each presenter will
provide a state-of-the-art summary of a research area being covered at
the conference and then outline the top 3-5 research issues in their field.
The floor will then be open for questions from the audience and panel
discussion.
9-9:10 am
Opening Comments
John Mellors
Univ of Pittsburgh, PA, US
9:10-9:40 am
1a
Cellular and Viral Factors in HIV-host
Cell Interplay
Mario Stevenson
Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch, Worcester, US
9:40-10:10 am
1b
New Insights into Immunopathogenesis
and Vaccine Design
Rick Koup
Vaccine Res Ctr, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, US
10:30-11 am
1c
Genomics–a Door to a New Biology
Amalio Telenti
Univ of Lausanne, Switzerland
11-11:30 am
1d
Pharmacologic Contributions to Therapeutic
Success with Antiretroviral Agents
Courtney Fletcher
Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, US
11:30 am-12:30 pm (Ballroom A)
1e
Special Luncheon for Young Investigators,
International Scholars and Community Educators
The Early AIDS Epidemic in the US:
Views from Atlanta and Hollywood
Harold Jaffe
Univ of Oxford, UK
12:30-1 pm
1f
The State of ART—Current and Future
Constance Benson
Univ of California, San Diego, US
1-1:30 pm
1g
HIV/AIDS–Where Is It Going and
What Does It Mean?
Kevin De Cock
World Hlth Org, Geneva, Switzerland
1:30-1:40 pm
Closing Comments
Scott Hammer
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, US
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