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Theme A Session 2: HIV Transmission & Prevention

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Monday, September 24, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuscan (Ground Floor)

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Learning Objectives: 1) Understand the contribution of factors such as inflammation in increasing HIV transmission risk. 2) Examining the cells in the anogenital tract, the site of the infection, that transmit HIV 3) Discuss findings from current prevention strategies (eg PrEP

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Professor Gilda Tachedjian
Head, Life Sciences Discipline
Burnet Institute

The Influence of Mucosal Inflammation and Microbiota Metabolites on HIV Transmission in Women

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Dr Kirstie Bertram
Post-doctoral Scientist
Westmead Insitute For Medical Research

Identification of HIV Transmitting CD11chi Human Epidermal Dendritic Cells

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Prof Mark Stoove
Discipline Head
Burnet Institute

STI prevalence in MSM and its influence on HIV acquisition risk

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Hafsa Rana
Student
Westmead Institute For Medical Research

Examining the Role of Human Mononuclear Phagocytes in Mediating Sexual Transmission of HIV

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Q&A

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3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

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Chair

David O'Connor
Professor
University Of Wisconsin - Madison

Simon O'Connor
Executive Officer
Queensland Positive People

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