General Info - 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Introduction | Scientific Program Committee | Contact Information

Introduction

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections is a research meeting created to provide a forum for basic and clinical science investigators to present, discuss, and critique developments in the field of human retrovirology and related opportunistic complications. As such, the conference does not include sessions focused on clinical updates or patient management guidelines except in the setting in which they may be relevant to the research being presented.

The subjects which will be highlighted are: virology, immunology, vaccines, pathogenesis, disease mechanisms in humans and animal models, primary/acute infection, host-virus interactions, antiretroviral therapy (preclinical, clinical, and complications), clinical pharmacology, opportunistic infections, epidemiology and infection control, microbicides, pediatric/maternal-fetal/women's health, and diagnostics.

The meeting will feature state-of-the-art lectures that will be highly scientific in nature, round table symposia that will present and debate controversial scientific issues, original slide and poster presentations of new data, poster discussion groups, and late breakers which consist of important preliminary research findings.

Scientific Program Committee

Constance A. Benson, M.D., Chair
Univ. of Colorado Hlth. Sci. Ctr.,
Denver

David D. Ho, M.D., Vice-Chair
Aaron Diamond AIDS Res. Ctr.,
New York, NY

William Borkowsky, M.D.
New York Univ. Med. Sch., NY

David Clifford, M.D.
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St.
Louis, MO

Bryan R. Cullen, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Med. Inst., Duke
Univ. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC

Kevin DeCock, M.D.
Ctrs. for Disease Control and
Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Charles W. Flexner, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med.,
Baltimore, MD

Dana H. Gabuzda, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Boston,
MA

Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D.
Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, NY

Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. of Med.,
Nashville, TN

Scott Hammer, M.D.
Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, NY

Diane V. Havlir, M.D.
Univ. of California, San Diego

Harold W. Jaffe, M.D.
Ctrs. for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA

R. Paul Johnson, M.D.
Harvard Med. Sch., New England
Reg. Primate Res. Ctr.,
Southborough, MA

H. Clifford Lane, M.D.
National Inst. of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, Bethesda, MD

Michael H. Malim, D.Phil.
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

John W. Mellors, M.D.
Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., PA

Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
National Inst. of Hlth. Vaccine Res.
Ctr., Bethesda, MD

George N. Pavlakis, M.D., PhD.
National Cancer Inst., Frederick, MD

Melissa Pope, Ph.D.
Rockefeller Univ., New York, NY .

William G. Powderly, M.D.
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St.
Louis, MO

Thomas C. Quinn, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med.,
Baltimore, MD

Douglas D. Richman, M.D.
Univ. of California, San Diego

Robert T. Schooley, M.D.
Univ. of Colorado Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Denver

Joseph G. Sodroski, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Boston, MA

Melissa A. Sordyl
Office of the Conference Secretariat,
Alexandria, VA

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.
Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Ctr.,
Worcester

Community Liason Subcommittee

Luther Brock, Sr.
AIDS Community Res. Consortium,
Redwood City, CA

Julie Davids
Philadelphia FIGHT, PA

Lynda Dee
AIDS Action Baltimore, MD

Robert Munk
New Mexico AIDS Info Net, Arroyo
Seco

Jeffrey Schouten
Seattle Treatment Education Project,
WA

Contact Us

Conference Secretariat
115 S St Asaph St
Alexandria, VA 22314
USA
telephone: 703-535-6862
fax: 703-535-6899
E-mail: info@retroconference.org