AIDS Vaccine 2010: Conference Summary, 9/29/2010

A summary of the first full day of sessions at AIDS 2010. Galit Alter from the Ragon Institute, Harvard University, presents. She is introduced by Linda Streitfeld of the National Press Foundation.

The Center for AIDS Research at Emory University has the privilege of serving as local host for Vaccine 2010. The event takes place Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 2010, in Atlanta, GA.

Background

AIDS 2010 is scheduled for Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 2010. This annual international conference brings together scientists, community advocates, funders and policy makers from around the world to hear cutting edge scientific results, exchange new ideas, educate future leaders and engage a diverse community of scientists in the quest for an HIV vaccine.

AIDS Vaccine 2010 will feature daily plenary presentations by leading researchers, clinicians and community advocates, and oral and poster presentations of hundreds of research papers addressing every aspect of HIV vaccine development and testing. The conference is expected to attract more than 1,000 researchers, clinicians and community advocates from around the world to Atlanta.

Eric Hunter, PhD, Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar and co-director, Center for AIDS Research at Emory University, will chair AIDS Vaccine 2010 with support from the following co-chairs: James Curran, MD, MPH, dean, Rollins School of Public Health and co-director, Center for AIDS Research, Emory University; Carlos del Rio, MD, Hubert professor and chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health and co-director, Center for AIDS Research, Emory University; and Harriet Robinson, PhD, senior vice president of research and development, GeoVax, former director, division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University.

Related Links

"Center for AIDS Research at Emory To Serve as Local Host of AIDS Vaccine 2010"
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/news/releases/2009/09/aids-vaccine-2010-conf...

AIDS Vaccine 2010
http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org/conference/2010/

Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
http://www.cfar.emory.edu

Emory Vaccine Center
http://vaccines.emory.edu

Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org

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[Lee7676]

HIV/AIDS vaccine is very hard to make in reality.because HIV can mutate itself from person to person and many strains discovered since 1985.i hope this vaccine research can be succesful so there will be no more tragedy.

[erikhiraide]

This is a wonderful video. It's a shame that more people do not watch this.