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2005 Annual Research Symposium

UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research

Eighth Annual CFAR Research Symposium

Emerging Concepts in Antiretroviral Therapy

Wednesday, January 12 - Thursday, January 13,2005
Wednesday - 9:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Thursday - 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Location: J. David Gladstone Institutes - Mahley Auditorium
1650 Owens St. (UCSF Mission Bay Campus)

Symposium Focus

This two-day symposium will examine antiretroviral therapy (ART) from the research clinician's perspective, including novel applications of ART in patient settings, new data on early infection and transmission of resistance, and chemokine receptor biology in the context of patient therapy. The symposium also aims to foster and facilititate novel, multidisciplinary research collaborations between basic science investigators and clinicians.

Program Agenda

The presentations will be organized around three concept blocks:

Biology of Early Infection and Transmission of Resistance

Chemokine Receptors and Implications for Therapy

The Research Frontier of Antiretroviral Therapy

Wednesday Program Schedule

Thursday Program Schedule

Program Abstracts

Registration

Registration for this event is required. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged due to the capacity. open for this event. As with previous UCSF-GIVI CFAR Symposia, the $35 fee is used to cover the cost of the attendees meals and registration services. Enrolled UCSF students are always admitted without charge, but pre-registration is be required and students will need to present a current ID when checking in.

Symposium registrants interested in also attending the International Research Workshop: "Conducting HIV Research in Resource Poor Countries (RPCs)" the preceeding day (Tuesday, January 11,) can register for the symposium plus the workshop at a discount. The fee for both events is $50. To register for both events, please check the joint event payment box on page two of the symposium registration form.

Location

J. David Gladstone Institutes - Robert Mahley Auditorium
1650 Owens Street (at 16th Street)
UCSF Mission Bay Campus.

Transportation and Parking

The J. David Gladstone Institutes research facility can be reached via the UCSF intra-campus shuttle or public transportation (MUNI's 22-Fillmore or 15-Third St/City College). For details on times and cross-city or connecting routes to the two MUNI lines, please contact the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) at (415) 673-MUNI. UCSF shuttles to Mission Bay operate from Parnassus and SF General. Additionally, a shuttle operates between the Powell St. BART station and Mission Bay during the morning and afternoon commutes. The most current campus shuttle time/route schedule can be viewed here.

Parking is also available (lot and streetside). Parking lots around the campus are currently unattended so parking discount vouchers usually provided to registrants are unavailable this year. Side streets are residential-restricted (permitted) or metered, so it is not recommended for attendees.

Symposium Contact Information

Please email the CFAR Symposium Coordinator or call (415) 379-5602, ext. 3, for additional information.