HIV Cure Research Educational Resources

HIV Matters Podcast with Dr. Falk Interviews with 6 UNC Researchers

Hey folks! Check out this podcast with UNC Department of Medicine’s Chair, Dr. Falk. He interviews six prominent HIV researchers at UNC who are doing groundbreaking work to curb the epidemic.   http://go.unc.edu/hiv-matters-podcast   The series features: Christopher Hurt talking … Continued

Hip Hop Concert and Community Forum: HIV Cure Conspiracy Theories

TED TALK: Dr. Allison Mathews – “Community-based Solutions to HIV Cure’s Ethical Challenges”

Dr. David Margolis Talks about HIV Cure Research

Check the official 2BeatHIV theme song “Spit for a Cure” by Dasan Ahanu!

9 Myths about HIV Cure Debunked

9 HIV Cure Myths Debunked A few months ago, a man living with HIV reached out to the 2BeatHIV project to learn more about HIV and HIV cure research. The 2BeatHIV project is a research project at UNC Chapel Hill … Continued

Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci at AIDS 2016 – Durban, South Africa

Last year, we interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is the Director of the NIH National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, at the “Towards an HIV Cure Symposium” as a part of the International AIDS Society Meeting in Durban, South … Continued

Report from the NIH Strategies for an HIV Cure Symposium

The NIH Strategies for an HIV Cure Symposium in Bethesda, MD from November 14-16, 2016 marks the inaugural organizational meeting for six research sites that were awarded funding by the NIH to be a part of the Martin Delaney Collaboratory … Continued

Join us for the 2nd Annual HIV Cure Research Day – December 14!

Join Us for the 2nd Annual HIV Cure Research Day on December 14! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Kimberly Knight Kmk0705@ad.unc.edu   Allison Mathews amathews@email.unc.edu   DURHAM, NC — The Durham County Board of Commissioners and the state of North … Continued

Martin Delaney CARE Community Advisory Board

Focus of Community Engagement Address ethics of asking HIV positive men and women about their willingness to participate in HIV cure clinical trials Ensure participants understand the risks involved with participating in HIV cure clinical trials Address expectations of being … Continued

What does HIV cure mean to you?

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HIV in the Prison Setting | David Wohl, MD

International AIDS, Prevention Strategies | Myron Cohen, MD

HIV/AIDS in the African American Community | Niasha Brown, MA

HIV/AIDS & Mental Health | Glenn Treisman, MD

Women, Gender Issues & HIV | Wendee Wechsberg, PhD

Adolescents at Risk | Peter Leone, MD & Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD

Substance Use & Interventions | Christopher Hurt, MD

Manifestations of HIV Disease & Its Treatment | Joe Eron, MD

Emerging Therapies & HIV Cure | Ronald Swanstrom, PhD & David Margolis, MD

Virus & the Immune System | Joe Eron, MD

Dr. Satish Pillai of Blood Systems Research Institute and University of California, San Francisco, is studying natural factors that affect the size of the latent HIV reservoir.

Dr. Marta Massanella of the University of California, San Diego, is studying a recently discovered subset of CD4 T cells believed to contribute heavily to the latent HIV reservoir.

Dr. Brad Jones of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., is focusing on a specific drug that both reactivates latent HIV and enhances the immune system’s ability to kill infected cells.

Dr. Timothy Henrich of the University of California, San Francisco, is investigating new drugs aimed at boosting the immune system’s ability to clear the body of HIV.

Dr. Ann Chahroudi of Emory University School of Medicine and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Georgia, is using nonhuman primate models to evaluate HIV reservoir persistence.

Dr. Paula Cannon of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, is attempting to engineer HIV-proof immune cells, as well as investigating latent reservoirs in the brain.

Dr. Benjamin Burwitz of Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, is trying to determine the mechanism of action that led to the first and only known HIV cure in “the Berlin patient” by attempting to recreate the case in nonhuman primates.

HIV: Dare We Say Cure?

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Dr. Peter Hunt on the immunology of HIV and Dr. Steven Deeks explores if an HIV cure is achievable. Series: “UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public” [7/2013] [Health and Medicine] [Show … Continued

Global HIV/AIDS at the Crossroads: Where do we go from here?

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv) Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working … Continued