Journalist to Journalist HIV/AIDS Training
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IAS 2007, 4th International Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
 Sydney, Australia, 17-25 July 2007   

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Program Agenda
Biographies of Selected Fellows
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PROGRAM SESSIONS AND AUDIO FROM PRESENTATIONS
Includes PowerPoints and presentation audio, if available

• Overview of the Plenaries at the 2007 IAS Conference: Dr. David Cooper, Co-Chair, IAS Conference, Sydney

• Living With HIV/AIDS: People Living With HIV/AIDS NSW

• Plenary Preview: Male Circumcision: Professor Andrew Grulich, Head, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of NSW

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• A New Initiative on MSM: Sam Avrett, Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)

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• All You Need to Know About Microbicides: Dr. Ian McGowan, MD PhD FRCP, Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; Co-PI Microbicide Trials Network

Part 2: "What is a microbicide?" and "How do microbicides work?"

Part 3: "Who is developing microbicides? What products are being developed? How close to a product are we? Why has the development of some products been stopped prematurely?"

Part 4: "Hot Topics in Microbicides" and "Rectal Microbicides"

Part 5: "J2J Q&A with Dr. McGowan"

• PLENARY PREVIEW: T-cell loss, immune activation and potential therapeutic interventions: Dr Tony Kelleher, Clinical Immunologist and senior lecturer in medicine at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research and St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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• Sex Workers: Part of the Solution, Not Part of the Problem: Janelle Fawkes & staff, Scarlet Alliance, Sydney, Australia

Part 2: Q&A session

• PLENARY PREVIEW: Pediatric Therapeutic Issues: Associate Professor John Ziegler, Head, Department of Immunology and Allergy, Sydney Children's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• PLENARY PREVIEW: Understanding the Task: ARV Rollout and research issues in the developing world: Dr. Debrework Zewdie,  Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank Human Development Network World Bank

• Journalist to Journalist Discussion: AIDS Denialism: What it is, how to recognize it, how to dispute it, with a focus on a recent Australian legal case

• Tips for Covering the Sydney Conference: Karen Bennett, Communications Manager, International AIDS Society

• AIDS Vaccines: An Overview: Simon Noble, Editor, IAVI Report and VAX, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

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This training opportunity was organized by the Journalist to Journalist Project of the National Press Foundation, a U.S.-based, non-governmental, non-profit journalism education organization.  Funding for this program was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Merck Company Foundation, the Open Society Institute, Abbott, Roche and Trimeris, Panos Institute Caribbean, Macquarie University, and SAIC-Frederick, Inc.  For more information, contact Ms. Kashmir Hill at khill@nationalpress.org.

Related Information

	Fellowship Details and Application Package (758K) [download]
	Agenda for Sydney Program (165K) [download]
	Biographies of Sydney Program Speakers (403K) [download]
	Biographies of J2J Fellows and Staff (2240K) [download]