3D. HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Discovery & translational science: HIV Cure Session 1 - Antibody mediated approaches and ATI
Tracks
| Monday, September 14, 2026 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Speaker
Dr Alice Gage-Brown
Basic Physician Trainee
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Acceptability, motivations and attitudes towards analytical treatment interruptions in HIV cure trials in people living with HIV and their healthcare providers in Australia
Biography
Dr Alice Gage-Brown is a trainee physician at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from The University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Doctor of Medicine. Alice’s current research focusses on the social and ethical aspects of HIV cure.
Prof James McMahon
ID Physician
Alfred Health
Low dose Nivolumab in Adults with HIV on Antiretroviral therapy: The NIVO-LD Trial
Biography
Professor James McMahon is Head of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and an ID physician at the Alfred, and Monash Medical Centre. He is the current President of ASHM and His research interests include clinical trials for HIV Cure and antiretroviral therapy.
Dr Brianna Jesaveluk
Postdoctoral Researcher
Burnet Institute
Generating glycoengineered broadly-neutralising antibodies to enhance NK cell-mediated elimination of the HIV reservoir
Biography
Dr. Brianna Jesaveluk is a postdoctoral researcher in the Life Sciences Discipline at the Burnet Institute, where she was worked since 2018. She is a member of the infection, inflammation and innate immunity working group, with an interest in discovery research for HIV cure immunotherapy approaches.
