Presented in collaboration with UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and the UCSF AIDS Research Institute, the 2009 symposium highlighted the most promising areas of biomedical HIV/AIDS prevention, with presentations spanning the spectrum of basic, clinical, translational, behavioral and international HIV/AIDS prevention research.
Agenda
Overview
- Biomedical Approaches to HIV Prevention
Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Herpes Suppression
- Getting to the Root of Adherence Measurement: Hair as a Biomarker in PrEP Trials
Albert Liu, MD, MPH - HSV-2 Suppression for Prevention of HIV Acquisition and HIV Transmission
Connie Celum, MD - Panel Discussion: Adherence and Methods for Improving Adherence
Robert M. Grant, MD, MPH and Mallory O. Johnson, PhD
Male Circumcision and Antiretroviral Treatment as Prevention
- Male Circumcision Trials: From Research to Practice
Kawango Agot, PhD, MPH - Cultural Barriers to Male Circumcision in Rural Zimbabwe and South Africa
Gertrude Sakutukwa, MMedSc - Effectiveness of ART to Prevent HIV Transmission and the Potential for Risk Compensation
Craig Cohen, MD, MPH - Panel Discussion: Is There Risk Compensation?
Wayne Steward, PhD, MPH and Robert M. Grant, MD, MPH
Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention
- Beyond T2: Implementing Efficacious Prevention and Treatment Interventions
George Rutherford, MD - Scaling Up Technical Assistance in Health System Strengthening
Michael Reyes, MD, MPH - Investments to Engage Communities Will Result in Growth in the 'Scaleability' of Prevention
Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD - Panel Discussion: Building Constituencies for Evidence-Based Prevention
Grant Colfax, MD, MPH and Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD