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Proffered Papers 5 - Basic Science

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 2

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Mx Jennifer Currenti
Phd Candidate
The University Of Western Australia

DEEP SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF HIV ADAPTATION FOLLOWING VERTICAL TRANSMISSION REVEALS THE IMPACT OF IMMUNE PRESSURE ON THE EVOLUTION OF HIV

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Jennifer is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia researching host-viral interactions in HIV to inform vaccine design.
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Mr Eric Alves
Student
University Of Western Australia

IMPACT OF VIRAL ADAPTATION DURING EARLY HIV INFECTION ON DISEASE OUTCOME

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Eric is an Honours student at the University of Western Australia researching host-viral interactions in the context of HIV.
Ms Jessica Gaff
Phd Student
Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute

SENSORY NEUROPATHY AFFECTS 40% OF HIV+ SOUTH AFRICANS DESPITE SAFER TREATMENTS AND 46% OF RISK IN THIS GROUP CAN BE PREDICTED BY ONE GENOTYPE PLUS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS!

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Jessica Gaff is a 3rd year PhD student supervised by Patricia Price at Curtin University. Her research investigates the genetic signature of genes affecting inflammation and neuronal repair on neurodegeneration in HIV+ patients in Indonesian and South African.
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Dr Ahmad Yanuar Safri
Phd Candidate
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital - Universitas Indonesia

SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY IN HIV-SENSORY NEUROPATHY

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Ahmad Y Safri MD is a neurologist and neurophysiologist working in Neurology Dept. Cipto Mangunkusumo general Hospital - Universitas Indonesia. His PhD project is a Cohort HIV research project Collaboration with Associate Prof. Patricia Price from Curtin University, Australia focusing on HIV sensory neuropathy.
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A/Prof Amy Chung
Laboratory Head
Uni Melbourne, Doherty Institute

Inhibitory role of serum IgA upon Fc functions in HIV infection and anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Amy is an NHMRC Career Development and amfAR Mathilde Krim Phase Fellow. Amy completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2011 and conducted a postdoc at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. She returned to University of Melbourne in 2015 and recently established her own laboratory.
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Associate Professor James McMahon
Head of Clinical Research Unit
Alfred Health

NEUROTOXICITY WITH HIGH DOSE DISULFIRAM AND VORINOSTAT USED FOR LATENCY REVERSAL

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

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Dr McMahon is an Infectious Diseases physician and Head of Clinical Research at the Alfred Hospital and an Infectious Diseases physician at Monash Medical Centre. His research interests are in clinical trials focused on HIV Cure and antiretroviral therapy.

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Patricia Price
Principal Research Fellow
Curtin university

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Damian Purcell
Professor of Virology and Theme Leader for Viral Infectious Diseases
Uni Melbourne, Doherty Institute

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