mHIVE World AIDS Day Symposium 2021 Program
Targeting the 4th 90 - Living well with HIV
Hosted by RMIT University
Official Symposium Opening
1:00 - 1:05
Welcome Address
Prof. Melissa Churchill
RMIT University
1:05 - 1:15
Official Opening
Prof. Brett Sutton
Chief Health Officer, Victoria
1:15 - 1:25
Official Opening
The Honourable Jaala Pulford
Minister for Employment
Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy
Minister for Small Business
Minister for Resources
SESSION ONE
1:25 - 2:25
Keynote Presentation - Update on neurocognitive disorders affecting people with HIV
Prof. Serena Spudich
Gilbert Glaser Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, USA
2:25 - 2:55
Clinical Perspective - HIV, Ageing, Co morbidities and Quality of Life
Prof. Jenny Hoy
Director HIV Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University
2:55 - 3:25
Social Perspectives - Living and Ageing Well with HIV
Prof. Mark Stoove
Head, Public Health and Co-Head, HIV Elimination Program, Burnet Institute
Afternoon Tea Break and Poster Viewing
3:25 - 3:45
SESSION TWO
3:45 - 4:30
Community Forum - Living and ageing well with HIV
Chair - Dr. Miranda Smith
Panel - Prof Jenny Hoy, Prof Mark Stoove, Beverly Greet, Carlos Araya, David Menadue & Adam Bratt
4:30 - 5:30
Abstract Presentations
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
Tea Break and Poster Viewing
5:45
Award Presentation
5:55
Official Closing
Prof. Gilda Tachedjian
Head, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute
Sponsors
ViiV Healthcare
Gilead Sciences
