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EB 2007 and FASEB MARC GENOMICS
SYMPOSIUM AND POSTER SESSION –
Health Disparities in HIV and AIDS:
Genetic and Therapeutic Implications
Monday, April 30, 2007 at the
Renaissance Hotel in the Grand
Ballroom South, 2:00-6:00.
Organized by the FASEB MARC Program
Advisory Board.
Sponsored by the FASEB Career
Resources and MARC Program Office.
Coordinated by Dr. Sunny Ohia , Dean
and Professor of Pharmacology,
College of Pharmacy ,
University of Houston , TX ; Dr.
Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Associate
Professor and Investigator of
Biology and Neuroembryology,
University of Puerto Rico, Rio
Piedras Campus, San Juan; Dr. Kelly
Mack, Professor of Biology,
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore; Dr. Nikia Laurie,
Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital.
Moderator
Sunny Ohia, PhD, Dean; College of
Pharmacy; University of Houston
Keynote Presentations
Overview
"HIV/AIDS: A Disease of
Disparities"
2:05-2:45pm Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, NIAID/NIH
Neuro AIDS
“Imaging NeuroAIDS.”
2:45-3:10pm Dr. Gilberto Gonzalez PhD, MD,
Massachusetts General
Hospital/Harvard Medical
School
Genomics
"Patterns of Diversity among
genes that influence HIV-1
infection and progression"
3:10-3:35pm Dr.
Cheryl Winkler, PhD, NCI/NIH
Epidemiology
"Health Disparities in
HIV/AIDS Morbidity in the United
States"
3:35-4:00pm Dr. Ekere J. Essien, MD, DrPH;
University of Houston
Pediatrics
“HIV in the US: Progress and
Challenges”
4:00-4:25pm Dr.
Patricia Flyn, MD, Arthur Ashe Chair in Pediatric AIDS Research, Director of Clinical Research & Infectious Diseases, Director of Translational Trials Unit, Co-Leader of HIV Therapeutics & Vaccine Development, CDC; St. Jud Children's Hospital
Related Poster Session
Posters will be selected from the
abstracts submitted to Experimental
Biology 2007 participating
societies. At least 20 posters from
students and postdoctoral fellows
involved in research related to the
genetic basis of HIV and AIDS and
the treatment in diverse populations
will be selected for display during
the symposium and reception/mixer.
Travel awards for poster presenters
(first authors only) included in
this special session will be
available through the FASEB MARC
Program. NOTE: You must be a U.S.
Citizen or Permanent Resident of the
U.S. (green card required) in order
to receive a FASEB MARC Program
travel award.
For further information, please
contact the FASEB MARC Program, 9650
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
20814-3998; Email:
marc@faseb.org; Tel:
301-634-7020.
The EB 2007/FASEB MARC Genomics
Symposium is funded by a grant from
the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, National
Institutes of Health (T36-GM-08637.)
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