GWU HIV/AIDS Institute, CME Series 2008
 A seminar series focusing on the role of technology in HIV care and treatment, is
supported by a special grant from The Institute for Technology in Health Care. The
series is cosponsored by The George Washington University HIV/AIDS Institute and The
Department of Prevention and Community Health. This series began in 2007 and continued into 2008. It addresses topics intended to enhance the continuing medical education of physicians, nurses, and students treating patients with HIV/AIDS.
January 21, 2009 Seminar:
HIV Disease Management: Current status, progress, and remaining challenges
Dr. Paul Volberding, Professor and Vice Chair at the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Chief of Medical Service at the SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will talk about HIV disease management with a focus on the current status of disease management, areas for progress and remaining challenges that need to be addressed. A panel of local experts will then discuss their experiences with HIV disease management.
Speaker
Paul Volberding, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine
Chief, Medical Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research
Dr. Volberding's Power Point Presentation
Moderator
Veronica Miller, PhD
Research Professor of Prevention and Community Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
Director, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
The George Washington University
October 22, 2008 Seminar:
HIV Drug Resistance: How can new drugs or new drug classes help?
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University and Director of AIDS Research at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, will talk about HIV drug resistance with a focus on how new drugs and new drug
classes can help reduce cases of resistance. A panel of local experts will then discuss their experiences with drug resistance.
Speaker
Daniel Kuritzkes, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Director of AIDS Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Dr. Kuritzkes' Powerpoint Presentation
Moderator
Veronica Miller, PhD
Research Professor of Prevention and Community Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
Director, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
The George Washington University
May 13, 2008 Seminar
The Importance of Adherence in HIV Therapy
Dr. David Bangsberg, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco, talked about the importance of adherence in HIV therapy, focusing on the virologic and clinical issues associated with adherence. A panel of local experts then discussed their clinical experiences with adherence to HIV therapy.
David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Bangsbergs' Powerpoint Presentation
Discussants
Keetra Williams, RN
HIV Treatment Adherence Specialist
Children's National Medical Center
Erica Myruski, RN
Medical Adherence Nurse Case Manager
Whitman Walker Clinic
Moderator
Veronica Miller, PhD
Research Professor of Prevention and Community Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
Director, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
The George Washington University
April 23, 2008 Seminar
Current Status of HIV Vaccine Research - Where do we go from here?
Two leading experts in the field of HIV vaccine development - Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at NIAID, and Dr. Barney S. Graham, Chief of the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory and Chief of the Clinical Trials Core through the Vaccine Research Center at NIAID - presented the science behind the current approaches to the development of an HIV vaccine, an overview of the recent Merck vaccine trial results, and a discussion on where the field stands now. A panel of local experts then talked about the implications of HIV vaccine research for Metro DC area clinics, health centers, and patients.
Speakers
Carl Dieffenbach, Ph.D.
Director, Division of AIDS
NIAID, NIH
Dr. Dieffenbach's Power point Presentation
Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Chief, Clinical Trials Core
Chief, Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory
Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH
Dr. Graham's Power point Presentation
Panelists
Cornelius Baker
Senior Communications Advisor & Project Director
HIV Vaccine Research Education Initiative, NIAID
Brenda Larkin, RN, BSN, CCRC
Clinical Manager, Clinical Trials Core
Vaccine Research Center, NIAID
Mitchell Warren
Executive Director
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Moderator
Veronica Miller, PhD
Research Professor of Prevention and Community Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
Director, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
The George Washington University
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