HIV/AIDS in the US Still a Threat Despite Less Attention Paid

By Jim Burress

Atlanta, GA – Dr. Jim Curran is Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Recently, he sat down with WABE's Jim Burress to discuss the state of HIV/AIDS nearly 30-years into the epidemic. Emory hosts the 2009 Center for AIDS Research Science Symposium on Friday, April 17th.

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2009 Center For AIDS Research Science Symposium

Highly Active Prevention Interventions:
The HAPI Approach to Stopping HIV
Friday, April 17, 2009
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Emory University
Cox Hall Ballroom - 569 Asbury Circle

NIH Integrated Prevention Research Agenda
Carl Dieffenbach, PhD, NIH, Division of AIDS

The Continued Evolution of HIV Prevention Efforts in the United States
Richard Wolitski, PhD, CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

HIV in American Men Who Have Sex with Men: Multiple Microepidemics
Ken Mayer, MD, Brown University

STIs and HIV among Men Having Sex with Men in China: A Ticking Time Bomb?
Frank Wong, PhD, Emory University

Three International Approaches to HIV Education

China
He Na, MD, PhD, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Rwanda and Zambia
Susan Allen, MD, MPH, Emory University

South Africa
Guy DeBruyn, PhD, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Prevention of SHIV Transmission in Macaques by Oral or Topical Antiretroviral Prophylaxis
Walid Heneine, PhD, CDC, Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy and Behavioral Factors on HIV Transmission in HIV Discordant Couples in Lusaka and Kigali
Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PhD, Emory University