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October 6, 2011 - As part of the IRMACS 2011 Thematic Year showcasing Scientific Modelling at SFU, the IRMACS
Centre is pleased to present "Grassroots to Global" 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
http://www.irmacs.sfu.ca/sites/default/files/IRMACS.pdf
HIV Day at IRMACS Program
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Opening Remarks
IRMACS Welcome (Dr. Veselin Jungic)
BC-CfE Welcome and Goals for the day (Dr. Robert Hogg)
IRMACS / BC-CfE Collaboration: IMPACT-HIV (Dr. Krisztina Vasarhelyi)
9:30– 11:40 Community, National and International Collaborative Research
9:30 – 9:50 Dr. Robert Hogg -"It only takes a tiny spark to start a prairie fire" --
Insights into the HIV epidemic in Western Canada
9:50 – 10:10 Dr. Mark Brockman- Building capacity for HIV research in Africa through
South-South collaboration
10:10 – 10:30 Ms. Surita Parashar & Ms. Valerie Nicholson- Every Band Needs a
Drummer: Interdisciplinary Research and Advocacy in Housing and
Health
10:30 – 10:50 Break
10:50 – 11:10 Dr. Cari Miller- Exploring HIV Prevention among young people at risk for
HIV in BC, Canada and Soweto, South Africa
11: 10 – 11:30 Dr. Martin Laba- Agents of Change: Communication/Education Against
HIV/AIDS Stigma in Ghana
11:30 – 11:45 Questions and Discussion
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch (graciously provided by IRMACS and the BC-CfE)
12:30 – 13:30 Keynote Lecture
12:30 – 13:30 Introduction by Dr. John O’Neil (Dean, FHS)
Dr. Julio Montaner, Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Title: “Treatment as Prevention - a unique opportunity to control the
HIV/AIDS pandemic within a generation”
13:30 – 14:00 Coffee & Cake Break
14:00 – 16:00 Interdisciplinary Research
14:00 – 14:20 Dr. Art Poon- Navigating the genetic variability of HIV with interdisciplinary tools
14:20 – 14:40 Dr. Alexander Rutherford- Network modelling and the HIV epidemic
14:40 – 15:00 Ms. Sarah Kok- Modeling the Impact of Serosorting and Seroadaptation
on the Spread of HIV
15:00 – 15:05 Break
15: 05 – 15:25 Dr. Zabrina Brumme- HIV/AIDS Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory: an
introduction
15: 25 – 15:45 Dr. Jamie Scott- The Neutralizing Antibody Response During HIV-1
15: 45 – 16:00 Questions and Discussion
16:00 Closing summary
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CONTACT:
Kate Salters at ksalters@cfenet.ubc.ca
Reproduced with permission - "BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS"
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
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