HIV&AIDS - Discovery & Translational Science Session - Invited Speakers & Proffered Papers: HIV Viremia and Latency
Tracks
Behavioural research
Biomedical sciences
Clinical sciences
Diagnostics
Digital technologies
Health services and systems
Priority populations
Public health
Social sciences
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Mudjimba Room |
Speaker
Dr Gabriel Duette
Postdoctoral Researcher
The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
HIV-1 proviral landscape reveals that Nef contributes to HIV-1 persistence in effector memory CD4+ T cells
3:30 PM - 3:55 PMBiography
I got my PhD from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina in February 2019.
Since September 2019, I am conducting my post-doctoral studies on HIV persistence under the supervision of Prof. Sarah Palmer and Tony Cunningham at the Centre for Virus Research in the Westmead Institute for Medical Research, NSW, Australia.
A/Prof John Zaunders
Senior Scientist
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Brain Injury Correlates with CSF Cell-Associated HIV-1 RNA Transcripts Which are Linked to CD4+ T Cells, not Monocytes
3:55 PM - 4:20 PMBiography
John Zaunders is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He has studied the effect of HIV infection, and other viral infections, on T cell subsets and their function for over 25 years, using flow cytometry, most recently involving very high parameter analysis
Dr Gordon Campbell
Lecturer In Marketing
Swinburne University
Perspectives and Experiences of Participants in Australian HIV Cure Studies Involving Analytical Treatment Interruption
4:20 PM - 4:32 PMBiography
Dr Campbell is a social researcher and lecturer at Swinburne University. His PhD thesis analysed the attitudes, behaviours and loyalties regarding safe/unsafe sex of gay men.
Dr Campbell has been a voluntary carer for people with HIV since mid-1990. His research interests include public health, health behaviours and consumer behaviour.
Mr Haoming Liu
Phd Candidate
The University Of Melbourne
Mr Mitchell Starr
Senior Hospital Scientist
St Vincent's Centre For Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Evaluation of the Point-Of-Care m-PIMATM HIV-1/2 Viral Load Assay to Support Public Health Responses for Infants and Children Living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
4:45 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
Michael Palmer is a Technical Officer working primarily in diagnostics from point-of-care testing technologies and self-collected sampling methods via dried blood spots.
Chairperson
Chantelle Ahlenstiel
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney
John Zaunders
Senior Scientist
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
