Intersections with HIV Research
This day-long seminar provided HIV investigators with information regarding reproductive biology, with special attention to under-recognized aspects relevant to HIV research. The seminar also fostered and facilitated novel, multidisciplinary research collaborations.
Presentations
- Welcome and Introduction
Warner Greene, MD, PhD, Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF and
Ruth Greenblatt, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology, UCSF; Associate Director, UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research - Physiology and Immunology of Female Reproductive Tract
Charles Wira, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Dartmouth University - A False Sexual Dimorphism, The High Price of Cervicocentrism
Joel Palefsky, MD, FRCP, Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medicine and Stomatology, UCSF - Sexual Dimorphism in Pain Processes
Jon Levine, MD, PhD, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Medicine, UCSF - Estrogen Promotes Dendritic Cell Differentiation and Function
Susan Kovats, PhD, Assistant Professor of Immunology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, California Institute of Technology - Endometriosis: A Common Trait Linked with Immune Polymorphisms
Robert Taylor, MD, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF - Genital Tract Lymphocyte Responses to Neoplasia: Effects of HIV and CD4 Depletion
Karen Smith-McCune, MD, PhD, Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Cancer Research Center; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF - Sex Differences in Lymphocyte and Thymus Regulation
Laura Napolitano, MD, Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology - Sexual Dimorphism in Autoimmune Disease: Implications for HIV
Caroline Whitacre, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
Ohio State University - Panel Open Discussion
Moderators: Warner Greene, MD, PhD; Ruth Greenblatt, MD - NIH Perspective and Closing
Fulvia Veronese, PhD, Health Science Administrator, Office of AIDS Research National Institutes of Health