SFU HIV/AIDS Day "Grassroots to Global"

Showcasing Collaborative & Interdisciplinary research in HIV/AIDS at SFU on October 7th. We have teamed up with the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to present a one day conference bringing together SFU researchers who are working within the field of HIV/AIDS in various capacities and disciplines.

The morning session will commence at 9:00 am with Opening Remarks followed by various speakers discussing Community, National and International Collaborative Research.

The keynote lecture will be at 12:30 and will be introduced by Faculty of Health Sciences Dean, Dr. John O'Neil.

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Julio Montaner, Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS will speak on the "Treatment as Prevention - a unique opportunity to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic within a generation".

The afternoon session from 2:00 - 4:00 pm will focus on Interdisciplinary Research with 5 more speakers sharing their work and results around the HIV/AIDS topic.

Resources

Attachment	Size
Grassroots to Global Poster (PDF)	108.56 KB
Grassroots to Global Schedule - October 7, 2011 - IRMACS (PDF)	84.38 KB

Presentation Schedule

Friday, October 7, 2011
Time	Details
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Opening Remarks Friday, October 7, 2011 IRMACS Welcome (Veselin Jungic) BC-CfE Welcome and Goals for the day (Robert Hogg) IRMACS / BCCfE Collaboration: IMPACT-HIV (Krisztina Vasarhelyi) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 14:32)
9:30 am - 9:50 am	"It only takes a tiny spark to start a prairie fire" -- Insights into the HIV epidemic in Western Canada Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Robert Hogg (FHS / BC-CfE) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 30:23)
9:50 am - 10:10 am	Building capacity for HIV research in Africa through South-South collaboration Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Mark Brockman (MBB) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 22:17)
10:10 am - 10:30 am	Every Band Needs a Drummer: Interdisciplinary Research and Advocacy in Housing and Health Friday, October 7, 2011 Ms. Surita Parashar (FHS, BC-CfE) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 19:00)
10:50 am - 11:10 am	Exploring HIV Prevention among young people at risk for HIV in BC, Canada and Soweto, South Africa Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Cari Miller (FHS) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 24:17)
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Agents of Change: Communication/Education Against HIV/AIDS Stigma in Ghana Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Martin Laba (Communications) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 27:07)
11:30 am - 11:45 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Treatment as Prevention - a unique opportunity to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic within a generation (Keynote) Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Julio Montaner, Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 1:13:58)
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm	Network modelling and the HIV epidemic Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Alexander Rutherford (Mathematics / IMPACT-HIV) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 23:33)
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm	Modeling the Impact of Serosorting and Seroadaptation on the Spread of HIV Friday, October 7, 2011 Ms. Sarah Kok (Mathematics / IMPACT-HIV) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 16:15)
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm	Navigating the genetic variability of HIV with interdisciplinary tools Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Art Poon (FHS / BCCfE) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 20:07)
3:05 pm - 3:25 pm	HIV/AIDS Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory: an introduction Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Zabrina Brumme (FHS / BCCfE) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 23:10)
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm	The Neutralizing Antibody Response During HIV-1 Infection: Implications for Vaccines Friday, October 7, 2011 Dr. Jamie Scott / Dr. Naveed Gulzar (FHS) Abstract will be published when made available. More Details Click to watch (Duration: 25:02)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm