Hosted by RMIT University
Official Symposium Opening
1:00 - 1:05
Prof. Melissa Churchill
RMIT University
1:05 - 1:15
Prof. Brett Sutton
Chief Health Officer, Victoria
1:15 - 1:25
The Honourable Jaala Pulford
Minister for Employment
Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy
Minister for Small Business
Minister for Resources
1:25 - 2:25
Prof. Serena Spudich
Gilbert Glaser Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, USA
2:25 - 2:55
Prof. Jenny Hoy
Director HIV Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University
2:55 - 3:25
Prof. Mark Stoove
Head, Public Health and Co-Head, HIV Elimination Program, Burnet Institute
Afternoon Tea Break and Poster Viewing
3:25 - 3:45
3:45 - 4:30
Chair - Dr. Miranda Smith
Panel - Prof Jenny Hoy, Prof Mark Stoove, Beverly Greet, Carlos Araya, David Menadue & Adam Bratt
4:30 - 5:30
Circadian modulating compounds induce HIV reactivation from latently infected cells
Jared Stern (Doherty Institute)
Rosuvastatin therapy in people with HIV at intermediate cardiovascular risk does not decrease biomarkers of inflammation and immune activation
Dr Anna Hearps (Burnet Institute)
Intact HIV proviruses persist in the central nervous system despite viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy
Dr Catherine Cochrane (RMIT University)
Pomalidomide as an immunomodulatory agent to enhance anti-HIV immunity
Rachel Pascoe (Doherty Institute)
Balancing statistical power and risk in HIV cure clinical trial design
Dr Jillian Lau (Alfred Hospital and Monash University)
5:30 - 5:45
5:45
5:55
Prof. Gilda Tachedjian
Head, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute