The Andy I. Choi Mentoring Program of the UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research offered Bay Area investigators a glimpse into the future of HIV research with a half-day symposium by CFAR mentees. The program featured a group of respected HIV/AIDS investigators from the Mentoring Program and a keynote address from Associate Director Dr. Steven Deeks. The program was moderated by Drs. Jonathan Fuchs and Monica Gandhi, Co-Directors of the Andy I. Choi Mentoring Program.
A highlight of the symposium was the presentation of the CFAR Early-Career Investigator Awardsto recognize and honor the three outstanding investigators of 2015.
Program
Speaker
Presentation Title
Steven Deeks, MD: Keynote Speaker
Beyond Antiretroviral Therapy: The Future of HIV Therapeutics
David Greenberg, PhD
The KRAB-ZNF Army: A Genome Defense System Against Retro-transposons And Retroviruses
Shereen Katrak, MD, MPH
Predictors of Community-Level Malaria Parasitemia In Uganda
Rena Patel, MD
HIV and Reproductive Health: Investigating Interactions Between Antiretroviral Therapy and Hormonal Contraception in Kenya
Milo Santos, PhD, MPH
Alcohol And Substance Use Interventions For Non-Dependent Users: Expanding Treatment Strategies To Prevent HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Mohamed A. Mohsen, PhD
Simultaneous Reactivation and Lethal Mutagenesis of Latent HIV *Recipient, Early-Career Award of Excellence in Basic Science
Hiroyu Hatano, MD, MPH
Initiatives to Diagnose, Treat, and Study "Hyperacute" HIV Infection in San Francisco *Recipient, Early-Career Award of Excellence in Clinical Research
Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Strategies to Improve Update of HIV Testing and Care in South Africa *Recipient, Early-Career Award of Excellence in Behavioral Science
