Scientific Program Committee

CROI 2008 Session 4
e Sunday, 4-6 pm; Auditorium
CME
Session 4–Opening Plenaries
Greetings from the Program Committee
Mario Stevenson
Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch, Worcester, US
13th Bernard Fields Memorial Lecture
The Bernard Fields Memorial Lectureship recognizes a scientist whose body
of work has significantly contributed to the understanding of virology and viral
pathogenesis as exemplified by the career of Bernard Fields.
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Contending with Evolution and Escape by HIV
Douglas Richman
VA San Diego Hlthcare System and Univ of California, San
Diego, US
Objectives: This session is directed to clinicians and scientists interested in
the pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of HIV disease. It is assumed
participants are familiar with the basic principles and state-of-the-art of
pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. At the completion of the session,
participants will be knowledgeable about HIV evolution and escape
with regard to the selective pressures of antiretroviral therapy, anatomic
compartmentalization, and the neutralizing antibody response.
2nd N’Galy-Mann Lecture
The N’Galy-Mann lectureship was established in 2006 to recognize
an individual researcher or team who has made important and timely
contributions in epidemiology and clinical research as exemplified by the
collaborative careers of Bosenge N’Galy and Jonathan Mann. The 2008
N’Galy-Mann Lectureship has been awarded to David Serwadda, Nelson
Sewankambo, Ronald Gray, and Maria Wawer from The Rakai Health
Sciences Program for their seminal research on HIV transmission.
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A Population-based Approach to Understanding a Very Clever
Virus: A Brief History of HIV Research and Services in the Rakai
Health Sciences Program, Uganda
David Serwadda*
Makerere Univ Sch of Publ Hlth, Kampala,
Uganda
Nelson Sewankambo
Makerere Univ Sch of Med, Kampala,
Uganda
Maria Wawer*
Johns Hopkins Univ Bloomberg Sch of Publ
Hlth, Baltimore, MD, US
Ron Gray
Johns Hopkins Univ Bloomberg Sch of Publ
Hlth, Baltimore, MD, US
Objectives: This session is directed to clinicians and scientists interested in
HIV epidemiology, prevention, and care. It is assumed that participants are
familiar with basic HIV biology and epidemiology. At the completion of the
session, participants will be knowledgeable about the value of longitudinal
population-based research in elucidating HIV and human interactions and
how this serves in the development and testing of HIV prevention and care
strategies.
Program 3
Sunday
February 3 Sessions