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
Speaker
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 PMBiography
Professor Gilda Tachedjian is a virologist with an interest in antiviral strategies. She is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Heads the Life Sciences Discipline and is co-Head of HIV Elimination at the Burnet Institute. Her laboratory is focused on discovering a new drug class for HIV and understanding the impact of the vaginal microbiota on HIV susceptibility.
Dr Kirstie Bertram
Post-doctoral Scientist
Westmead Insitute For Medical Research
Prof Mark Stoove
Head, Public Health Discipline, Co-Head of the HIV Elimination Program
Burnet Institute
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 PMBiography
Hafsa has just begun her second year as a PhD candidate as part of the HIV Mucosal Immunology group with the Centre for Virus Research at the Westmead Institute. Her current project focuses on the role of dendritic cells in the sexual transmission of HIV and HSV.
Q&A
Q&A
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Chair
David O'Connor
Professor
University Of Wisconsin - Madison
Simon O'Connor
Executive Officer
Queensland Positive People
