The 2021 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop will take place virtually this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, we are changing the way we usually offer this community-friendly way to learn more about HIV cure-related research.
The biggest change you will notice is that we will break of the workshop into three virtual 2-hour sessions. These sessions will be held on separate days. The workshop sessions will be held on Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5, 2021 (which is right before CROI 2021), and then on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 (which is after the conference).
All sessions will start at the same time: 12pm Eastern/ 11am Central / 10am Mountain / 9am Pacific.
You can register using the links below. Join us for just one session, or for all three if you are hungry to learn as much as you can about the recent work towards a cure for HIV.
The co-hosts for all sessions will be Danielle Campbell, MPH (AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition; DARE) and Michael Louella (defeatHIV Community Engagement Project Manager).
Please see downloadable program description for additional information.
Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop Session #1
Thursday March 4th
Time: 12-2pm ET
Zoom registration link: https://bit.ly/3p7Efh8
12:00-12:10pm
Welcome and introductions
Danielle Campbell, MPH, AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition; DARE
Michael Louella, defeatHIV Community Engagement Project Manager
12:10-12:40pm
Introduction to HIV cure research
Laurie Sylla, defeatHIV CAB
12:40-1:20p
ATIs in the time of COVID
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
Perspective of ATI trial participant William B. Carter, BEAT-HIV CAB
Q&A/discussion
1:20-1:55pm
Perceptions of HIV cure-directed research among HIV clinic attendees in Philadelphia, USA
BEAT-HIV CAB members
1:55-2:00pm
Wrap up
Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop Session #2 – Gene Therapy and a Tribute to Timothy Ray Brown
Friday March 5th
Time: 12-2pm ET
Zoom registration link: https://bit.ly/3d1CgIX
12:00-12:45pm
Overview of gene therapy in HIV cure research
Christopher Peterson, PhD, Fred Hutch
12:45-1:30pm
Anti-HIV duoCAR-T cells: Preclinical studies leading to a Phase I/IIa clinical trial and a model for affordable access of gene-modified cell therapy products
Kim Antony-Gonda, PhD, MB ASCP
Boro Dropulić, PhD, MBA
Lentigen
Discussant
Joseph (Mike) McCune, MD, PhD, Head, HIV Frontiers, Global Health Innovative Technology Solutions
1:30-2:00pm
A tribute to Timothy Ray Brown with Adam Castillejo (the London Patient) and Gary Steinkohl
Post-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop Session #3 – CROI Report-Back, Perspectives on HIV Cure Research in 2021
Tuesday March 16th
Time: 12-2pm ET
Zoom registration link: https://bit.ly/2LFbX02
Participants:
Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine
Brad Jones, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., M.Sc., D.Phil., Wistar Institute, BEAT-HIV
Josephine Nabukenya, HIV/AIDS activist, Stephen Lewis Foundation Youth program coordinator, Makerere University
Workshop Sponsors
AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition
BEAT-HIV Community Advisory Board
defeatHIV Community Advisory Board
Treatment Action Group
University of Washington/Fred Hutch CFAR Cure Scientific Working Group