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Education

Previous CFAR Research Conference

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2007

Date Speaker Title
01/10/07 Stephanie Dillon The effect of HIV-1 on dendritic cell phenotype and function
01/17/07 Rob Knight Using UniFrac to explore sequence changes associated with gut microbial communities during SIV infection, and prospects for applications to understanding HIV setpoint
01/24/07 Adela Cota Gomez The Immunomodulatory Activities of the HIV-1 Tat Protein 
01/31/07 Jonathan Ravdin, MD University of Minnisota Amebiasis: Global impact and vaccine development 
02/07/07 Ed Gardner Predictors of Successful Viral Suppression in Patients with Less than 90% Adherence
02/14/07 Elizabeth McFarland HIV-specific cell-mediated immune responses in HIV+ children
02/21/07 B.Palmer, P.Anderson & E.Connick CROI poster practice
03/14/07 Gregory F. Burton, Ph.D.  Brigham Young University FDCs, HIV and the germinal center: what¹s a T cell/macrophage tropic virus doing in a B-cell dependent neighborhood?
03/21/07 Robert E. Booth, Ph.D. HIV Risk Factors among Stimulant Injection Drug Users in Ukraine
03/28/07 Yosef Refaeli  Antigen receptor and MYC in the regulation of lymphoid tolerance and neoplasia in AIDS associated B-cell lymphomas
04/04/07 Richard Sutton, M.D., Ph.D. HIV vectors for gene transfer and the study of HIV replication
04/11/07 William Burman The Impact of episodic antiretroviral therapy on HIV transmission risk
04/18/07 Paul Cook Using a PDA Diary to Study Prevention with Positives
05/09/07 Amie Meditz Sex Differences in HIV-1 Viral Load:  An evaluation of HIV-1 chemokine coreceptor
expression in lymphoid tissues of men and women
05/16/07 Judith Currie, MD  (UCLA) Atherosclerosis and HIV: Is there a connection?
05/23/07 Edward Gardner, MD Selective Nonadherence to Components of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Results from the FIRST Trial 
05/30/07 Carlos Perez Velez Induced sputum and string test as alternative specimens to gastric aspirate for the microbiologic confirmation of TB in children:  Research-in-Progress

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2006

Date Speaker Title
1/4/2006 John Mutikani  Testing the SDQ and the IES-8 in Psychosocial Adjustment of Orphans and Non Orphans Affected by AIDS in Botswana and Zimbabwe: A Pilot Study
1/11/2006 Philip I. Kuo, M.D.-Ph.D.  Immune regulation of drug-resistant HIV
1/18/2006 Mark Mulligan, MD, Birmingham Infectious Disease, LLC The Trials of Humans AIDS Vaccines
1/25/2006 C. Meadows Journl Club
2/1/2006 various volunteers   CROI talk
2/8/2006 CROI CROI Meeting
2/15/2006 various volunteers  CROI Update
2/22/2006 S. Dillion Journal Club
3/1/2006 Carol Kaufman Wiconi Teca Waste:  Study Design, Method, and Culture for an HIV Prevention Project among American Indian Youth
3/8/2006 Ed Gardner  Development of a Survey to Elicit the Patients' Perspective on Adverse Events during HAART 
3/15/2006 Ed Janoff AIDS and B cells: AID Aids Antibodies
3/22/2006 Ramesh Akkina Modeling AIDS gene therapy strategies in SCID-hu mice
3/29/2006 Russ Young An Intelligently Designed Real-Time PCR–Based Viral Load Assay for HIV-1
4/5/2006 Adriana Weinberg CMV Immunity in HIV-Infected Inidividuals
4/12/2006 Elizabeth McFarland Detailed assessment of HIV-specific immune responses during supervised treatment interruption (STI) in children with established HIV-1 infection
4/19/2006 Byeongwoon Song, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute TRIM5alpha: Innate Immunity to Retroviruses 
4/26/2006 A. Meditz & B. Palmer Journal Club
5/3/2006 Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPD, MPA, Columbia University An informal discussion of AIDS in Africa
5/10/2006 Sam MaWhiney A graphical introduction to flexible models for exploring dynamic relationships between immunologic and virologic outcome measures: Should we apply these methods to your data?
5/17/2006 Stephanie Dillion Dendritic Cell Dysfunction During HIV Infection
5/24/2006 Linda VanDyk Journal Club
5/31/2006 Mary Ann DeGroote Molecular Detection of Microbes in Health and Disease
6/7/2006 Richard Sutton, M.D. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX  Exploring blocks to HIV replication in the mouse 
6/14/2006 Kevin Diebel (van Dyk lab CFAR project)  Exploring the Biological Significance of Gammaherpesvirus68 miRNAs:  Beginning with Transcription and Processing
6/21/2006 Christine Meadows Characterization of Infection of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8)
6/28/2006 E. Janoff  Journal Club 
7/19/2006 Sam MaWhinney Statistics 101:  The Ubiquitous Correlation Coefficient
8/2/2006 Ken Lichtenstein Is toxicity a reason to delay therapy 
8/9/2006 Cara Wilson & Stephanie Dillion Journal Club
8/23/2006 Ross Kedl Novel HIV vaccines that  Integrate Toll Like Receptor and TNFR/L signaling
8/30/2006 Liz Connick Journal Club
9/13/2006 John Guatelli, UCSD Accessory Genes of HIV-1: Vpu and Nef
9/20/2006 Pete Anderson The cellular compartmentalization of NRTI-triphosphate concentrations in humans
9/27/2006 Ed Janoff  Preventing HIV whre it begins…
10/4/2006 Bill Burman Use of antiretroviral therapy during treatment of active tuberculosis 
10/11/2006 Lisa Williams (vanDyk lab) p18 is a Critical Regulator of Reactivation from Latency in Gammaherpesvirus 68
10/18/2006 Liz Connick Reconstitution of CD4+ T Cells in Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissues During HAART
10/25/2006 Joy Folkvord & Brent Palmer CFAR Immunology Core:  More than just FLOW
11/1/2006 Cara Wilson Polarized Production of IL-2 by HIV-1-specific CD8+ T Cells in Acute and Recent HIV-1 Infection 
11/15/2006 Tom Campbell The Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment of AIDS-KS in Zimbabwe
11/22/2006 Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
11/29/2006 Lucy Bradley-Springer How Clinicians Learn in HIV-Care Settings

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2005

Date Speaker Title
1/5/2005 Adela Cota-Gomez Cellular Signaling Pathways of the HIV-1 Tat protein 
1/19/2005 Kathryn Robertson Evaluation of Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function in HIV-1-infected Subjects
1/26/2005 Cara Wilson/Liz Connick Journal Club
2/2/2005 Ed Gardner Conventional and Molecular Epidemiology of Primary Clarithromycin Resistance among Mycobacterium avium complex Isolates from HIV-Infected Patients
2/9/2005 Adriana Weinberg  Effect of Hormonal Contraceptives on Cell-Mediated Immunity of HIV-Infected Patients
2/16/2005 Varioius Volunteers CROI Talks
3/2/2005 Various Volunteers CROI Update
3/9/2005 Joseph Gogain (McHenry Project) The role of trna methyltransferace in hiv-1 replication
3/16/2005 Amie Meditz SDF-1α is a More Potent Inducer of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T-cell Chemotaxis than CX3CL1 
3/23/2005 Betsy McFarland Immunogenicity of a prime-boost HIV vaccine regimen (vCP1452 plus AIDSVAX B/B) in infants born to HIV infected mothers 
3/30/2005 Katie Robertson Journal Club
4/6/2005 Brent Palmer Functional and phenotypic characterization of CD57+ T cells and their association with HIV-1-induced T cell dysfunction
4/13/2005 Peter Anderson A Pharmacogenetics Project for HIV Protease Inhibitors 
4/20/2005 John C. Marecki SHIVnef as a macaque model of pulmonary hypertension: Nef and the Endothelium 
4/27/2005 Amie Meditz Journal Club
5/4/2005 Ken Lichtenstein, MD The influence of severity of HIV disease on outcomes and co-morbidities
5/11/2005 Gregory Pott, PhD Identification of the molecular target used by alpha-1-antitrypsin to inhibit HIV production and cytokine synthesis
5/18/2005 Lisa Kosmiski  The effects of caloric restriction on the hypermetabolism of HIV lipodystrophy
5/25/2005 E. Gardner/B. McFarland Journal Club
6/1/2005 Christine Meadows Characterization of Infection of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8)
6/8/2005 Kathryn Robertson Evaluation of Dendritic Cell Phenotype and Function in Chronically Infected HIV-1 Subjects
6/15/2005 Amie Meditz (Connick project) Sex Differences in Plasma HIV-1 Concentrations: A Pilot Study to Investigate HIV-1 Replication and CCR5 Expression in Lymphoid Tissue of Women Compared to Men 
6/22/2005 Kristin Brousseau  AIDS Dementia Complex: A Pilot Project to Evaluate and Improve Diagnosis in a University Based Infectious Disease Clinic
6/29/2005 Tom Campbell/Christine Meadows Journal Club
7/6/2005 Peter Anderson R01 talk - Study Initiation: “Sex- and disease-dependent nucleoside analog toxicity”
7/13/2005 Naomi Blyveis/Rick Schlichtemeier Immunopathogenesis of Acute HIV-1 Infection.
7/20/2005 Rick Rapport A Brief Update On Using Viral Growth Competition Experiments To Relate Sequence Diversity And Fitness and a Journal Club : Cellular APOBEC3G Restricts HIV-1 In Resting CD4+ T Cells
7/27/2005 Joy Folkvord & Liz Connick Journal Club
8/10/2005 IAS Rio Update Various volunteers S. Johnson, C. Fletcher, & J. Gerber
8/24/2005 Thomas Campbell Molecular Diversity of KSHV in Zimbabwean AIDS-KS Patients
8/31/2005 Thomas Campbell Journal Club
9/7/2005 Brent Palmer   The effects of HIV-1-specific CD4+ T cell maturation on HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell function and maturation
9/14/2005 LaToya Jones Evaluating biophysical and immunological consequences of an HIV antigen/adjuvant interaction
9/21/2005 Sam MaWhinney Stats 101
9/28/2005 B. McFarland Journal Club
10/5/2005 David Levy, UAB The surprisingly social life of HIV-1: Co-infection, Latency and Recombination
10/12/2005 Christine Meadows Characterization of Infection of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)or HHV-8
10/19/2005 Adriana Weinberg Effect of Hormonal Contraceptives on Cell-Mediated Immunity of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Individuals.
10/26/2005 S. Flores Journal Club
11/2/2005 Linda VanDyk  Gammaherpesviruses:  pathologies associated with immunosuppression & reactivation.
11/9/2005 Elizabeth McFarland HIV-specific immune responses during supervised treatment interruptions in HIV infected children
11/16/2005 Sam MaWhinney Stats 101: Sample size calculations. Things you should think about before you spend years collecting data
11/30/2005 A. Meditz  & J. Myers Journal Club
12/7/2005 Jesse Myers Role of acid sphingomyelinase in host defense against Salmonella
12/14/2005 Amie Meditz CCR5 and CXCR4 are Highly Expressed on Lymph Node Follicular (CD57+) CD4+ T cells

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2004

Date Speaker Title
1/7/2004 A. Cota-Gomez Cardiopulmonary Complications in HIV Infection
1/14/2004 T. White KSHV K1 Subtypes A and B are the Predominant Subtypes in AIDS-KS Patients Originating from Zimbabwe
1/28/2004 T. Campbell/B. McFarland Journal Club
2/4/2004 R. Rapaport HIV-1 Stimulation by Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor
2/18/2004 Various Volunteers CROI Update
2/25/2004 C. Meadows, T. Campbell Characterization of Infection of Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Cells by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8)
3/3/2004 J. Bill CFAR Immunology Core Update: Sorting of cells from infected donors and 11-parameter analysis using the FACSAria flow cytometer
3/10/2004 M. Hagen KSHV PAN RNA 3' REGION
3/17/2004 J. Koeppe Are CD4 T-Cells Exerting an In Vivo Selective Pressure on HIV-1?
3/24/2004 M. Zahn PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS AND MEMBRANE BIOGENESIS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII
3/31/2004 D. Wyles/C. Wilson Journal Club
4/7/2004 E. Boritz Effects of antiretroviral therapy on HIV-1-specific CD4+ T cell repertoire and function in chronic HIV-1 disease
4/14/2004 E. Connick Localization of HIV-1-Specific CD8+ Cells in Lymphoid Tissue
4/21/2004 B. McFarland Assay development and preliminary experiments to support investigation of the role of cytotoxic T lymphocyte function avidity in HIV immunopathogenesis
4/28/2004 B. Palmer/E. Connick Journal Club
5/5/2004 M. Holers and S. Moir Role of Complement Receptors in Pathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection
5/12/2004 A. Weinberg Excess Apoptosis of Mononuclear Cells Contributes to the Depressed Cytomegalovirus -Specific Immunity in HIV-Infected Patients on HAART
5/19/2004 D. Wyles In vitro resistance to a HCV serine protease inhibitor
5/26/2004 J. Koeppe Journal Club
6/2/2004 S. Pan T Cell Responses to HIV-1 Gag-expressing Recombinant Yeast Cross-presented by Human Dendritic Cells
6/9/2004 X. Zang TNX-355 against HIV-1 Replication
6/16/2004 R. Akkina Combinatorial SiRNA Gene Therapy Approaches for HIV/AIDS
6/23/2004 C. McLean Detection of the K103N mutation in the RT gene of HIV-1 associated with nevirapine resistance
6/30/2004 C. Meadows Journal Club
7/7/2004 R. Booth Preventing HIV among Injection Drug Users through Street Outreach Intervention
7/28/2004 Patricia Mutama, U of Zimbabwe Setting Up a Clinical Trials Unit in a Resource Limited Setting: The Zimbabwean Experience
8/4/2004 K. Lesh Fractalkine induced migration of CD8(+) T cells
8/11/2004 J. Kroll Genetic variability of vif in HIV-1
8/25/2004 D. Wyles/R. Schooley Journal Club
9/1/2004 E. Gardner Selective Drug Taking during HAART
9/8/2004 P. Anderson The Cellular Pharmacology of NRTI-triphosphates and the relationship to Clinical NRTI-Toxicity
9/15/2004 T. Campbell (Borok Proj) A Pilot Study of the Effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Zimbabwe
9/22/2004 Shapiro Lab Histone deacetylase inhibitors and HIV- a new concept in HIV regulation
9/29/2004 A. Meditz/C. Wilson Journal Club 
10/6/2004 D. Hoody  HAART during pregnancy:  Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of ARV agents
10/13/2004 John Cambier CD4 T cell depletion in HIV disease.. mechanism of inhibitory CD4 signal transduction
10/20/2004 J.K. Larson An endogenous inhibitor of HIV in cytokines in whole blood
10/27/2004 K. Robertson/B.McFarland Journal Club
11/3/2004 E. McFarland Safety and immunogenicity of ALVAC HIV and VAXGEN gp120 vaccines in infants born to HIV-infected mothers:  PACTG 326 interim results
11/10/2004 Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo University of Uganda Role of gender factors in HIV/AIDS care in Uganda
11/17/2004 Xing-Ouan Zhang HIV infections and AIDS in China
12/1/2004 A. Meditz Gender Differences in Plasma HIV-1 Concentration: A Pilot Study to Investigate HIV-1 Replication and CCR5 Expression in Lymphoid Tissue of Women Compared to Men 
12/15/2004 C. Meadows Characterization of infection of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells by Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8)

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2003

Date Speaker Title
1/8/2003 C. Fletcher Concentration-controlled strategies for patients with persistent viremia - plus new data from ACTG 359 on the quantitation of medication adherence
1/15/2003 E. Connick Expression of Alpha Defensins 1, 2, and 3 in Human Lymphoid Tissues
1/22/2003 X. Zhang To Develop Inhibitors against HCV Replication
1/29/2003 C. Meadows, J. Koeppe Journal Club
2/5/2003 Various Volunteers CROI Talks
2/19/2003 Various Volunteers CROI Review
2/26/2003 B. Palmer Active HIV-1 viremia is associated with lower frequencies of Gag-specific IL-2 producing CD4+ T cells and proliferation
3/5/2003 J. Koeppe CD4 Immune Escape by HIV-1
3/12/2003 M. Thrun Diagnosis of Acute and Recent HIV Infection: An opportunity to decrease transmission?
3/26/2003 L. Shapiro, E. Boritz Journal Club
4/2/2003 S. Pan Targeting Dendritic Cells with Recombinant Yeast as a Potential Vaccination Strategy
4/9/2003 J. Neid KSHV infection of murine lung capillary endothelial cells
4/16/2003 E. McFarland HIV-specific CD8 and CD4-mediated immune responses in children undergoing structured treatment interruption
4/23/2003 A. Weinberg Apoptosis of Circulating Mononuclear Cells Down Regulates CMV Cell-Mediated Immunity in HIV-Infected Patients on HAART
4/30/2003 J. Neid, M. Barron Journal Club
5/14/2003 D. Wyles An in vitro system for characterizing anti-HCV compounds
5/21/2003 R. Rapaport Journal Club
5/28/2003 M. Thrun, S. Pan Journal Club
6/4/2003 D. Mack Use of Dendritic Cells to Enhance Immune Responses Against
6/11/2003 C. Meadows Characterization of KSHV infection in a primary cell line
6/18/2003 T. White Humoral Immune Response to the Oncogenic Protein Encoded by the K1 Gene of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus 
6/25/2003 D. Wyles, C. Wilson Journal Club
7/9/2003 J. Gerber, C. Fletcher IAS Presentations
7/16/2003 E. Boritz HIV-1-specific CD4+ T cells in Progressive HIV-1 Disease: Proliferation and Repertoire before and after Antiretroviral Therapy
7/23/2003 P. Anderson Developmental Award Project Presentation “In vitro studies for mechanistic insight into nucleoside analog-associated toxicities”
7/30/2003 J. Koeppe, A. Franzusoff Journal Club
8/6/2003 Liz Connick A Proposal to Investigate Migration of HIV-1-Specific CD8+ Effector Lymphocytes Within Human Lymphoid Tissue
8/13/2003 R. Akkina Modeling siRNA gene therapy for HIV/AIDS
8/20/2003 R. Rapaport INCREASED REPLICATION OF HIV-1 MINOR VARIANTS DURING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION
8/27/2003 T. Campbell Antiviral Activity of Lamivudine Against HIV-1 with High-level Lamivudine Resistance
9/3/2003 L. Kosmiski HIV lipodystrophy-Recent Findings
9/10/2003 M. Hagen Journal Club
9/17/2003 J. Koeppe Can CD4 T Cells Exert a Selective Pressure on HIV-1?
9/24/2003 B. McFarland, E. Boritz Journal Club
10/1/2003 John Marecki Pulmonary Complications in Models of HIV: Evidence for Plexiform Lesions in an SIV Model
10/8/2003 D. Wyles, C. Wilson Journal Club
10/15/2003 M. Levi, J. Li Developmental Award Project Presentation “The effects of HIV protease inhibitors on lipid metabolism: role of the sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs)”
10/22/2003 S. Pan Role of Non-classical MHC Class I Pathways in Processing and Presentation of Yeast-associated Antigens
10/29/2003 Z. Guo CTLA4-targeted capture of HIV-replicating T cells and effects of Gag to cell surface presentation of Env and CTLA4
11/5/2003 X. Zhang The Inhibition of HCV Replication by Several Compounds
11/12/2003 B. Palmer HIV-1 Plasma Viremia Influences HIV-1-specific CD4+ T Cell Maturation and Function
11/19/2003 D. Wyles In vitro activity of novel anti-HCV compounds
12/3/2003 B. McFarland Virologic and immunologic changes in HIV infected children undergoing structured treatment interruption
12/10/2003 C. Meadows Investigation of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection in Primary Cells as an in vitro Model for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
12/17/2003 T. White, B. Palmer Journal Club

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