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The Discovery of AIDS and HIV: Contributions of California

Community to the Early Years of AIDS

September 25, 2009 – Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis

 

            We are sponsoring a one-day event on September 25, 2009 at UC Davis to celebrate the discovery of HIV-1 25 years ago.  Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-discover of the virus at the Pasteur Institute and recent Nobel Laureate will be our special guest.  The purpose of the meeting is to recall the critical role of California-based clinicians, researchers, and others in establishing the clinical, epidemiological and virological features of AIDS, with an emphasis on the 1981-1988 period.  This event will highlight the collaborations fostered among Academic, Industry, Government, Foundations, and Community groups throughout the State.  The challenges for dealing with the ongoing AIDS epidemic will be emphasized.  A tentative agenda is shown below.

 

7:45-8:15 AM             Continental Breakfast

8:15-8:45 AM             Welcoming remarks from UC Davis Chancellor Katehi and Others*

Morning Session:  8:45 – 11:45 AM

Epidemiology
Co-Chairs
Roger Detels, MD, University of California – Los Angeles  
Warren Winkelstein, Jr., MD, MPH, Emeritus, University of California – Berkeley  
Invited Speakers
James Carlson, PhD, MSPH, (formerly University of California – Davis) Public Health Laboratory, Oakland, CA
George Lemp, PhD, California HIV/AIDS Research Program – University of California, Office of the President, Oakland, CA
Girish Vyas, PhD, University of California – San Francisco
George Rutherford, PhD, University of California – San Francisco, Institute for Global Health

Clinical
Co-Chairs
J. Allen McCutchan, MD, University of California – San Diego
Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, University of California – San Francisco
Invited Speakers
Michael Gottlieb, MD, University of California – Los Angeles 
Ronald Mitsuyasu, MD, AIDS Institute, University of California – Los Angeles
Arthur Ammann, MD, University of California – San Francisco, Glogal Strategies 
John Zeigler, MD, University of California – San Francisco

Keynote:   12:00 – 1:00 PM

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, PhD, Pasteur Institute – “HIV:  A Discovery Opening the Road to Novel Scientific Knowledge and Global Health Improvement” 

Afternoon Session:  2:00 – 5:30 PM

Basic Research
Co-Chairs
Paul Luciw, PhD, University of California – Davis
Irvin Chen, PhD, Director of the AIDS Institute, University of California – Los Angeles
Invited Speakers
John Fahey, MD, University of California – Los Angeles  
Stephen Spector, MD, University of California – San Diego  
Suraiya Rasheed, PhD, University of Southern California  
John Rossi, PhD, City of Hope
Satya Dandekar, PhD, University of California – Davis  

Animal Models/Vaccines
Co-Chairs
Murray Gardner, MD, University of California - Davis
Donald Mosier, MD, PhD, Scripps Research Institute
Invited Speakers
Janet Yamamoto, PhD, (formerly University of California - Davis) University of Florida
Preston Marx, PhD, (formerly University of California - Davis) Tulane University
Susan Barnett, PhD, (formerly University of California – San Francisco and Chiron) Norvartis  
Phillip Berman, PhD, (formerly Genentech Inc. – San Francisco) University of California
– Santa Cruz

Future Directions:         5:30 – 6:00 PM
Jay Levy, MD, University of California – San Francisco

Reception:         6:00 – 7:00 PM

*Additional brief remarks will be made throughout the event from the following guests:  Willie Brown, Herb Schultz, Sally Hughes, George Lemp, Ed Penhoet

 

 

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