Research Symposium: Recent Advancements and Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of HIV-Infection and CNS Complications
This day-long event features presentations from leaders in the field of HIV research.
Previous Year's Program
- Watch the morning session (JHU login required)
- Watch the afternoon session (JHU login required)
| Time | Topic / Activity | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Morning Session | ||
| 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Intro to morning session | Norman Haughey, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Neurology and Co-Director of the JHU NIMH Center Johns Hopkins University |
| 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM | Pathways to HIV Elimination | Howard Gendelman, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience University of Nebraska |
| 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | CRISPR-based Approach for the Elimination of HIV/SIV | Jennifer Gordon, PhD Associate Professor, Neuroscience Temple University Center for Neurovirology |
| 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM | A Public Genome-wide Transcriptional Data Exploration Environment to Empower Research in Neuroinflammation | (Pilot Awardee) Carlo Colantuoni, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:25 AM | The Discovery of a Potent, Orally Available, Brain Penetrable nSMase2 Inhibitor with Potent HIV Antiviral Activity | Barbara Slusher, PhD Professor and Director of the Brain Science Institute Neuro-translational Drug Discovery Program Johns Hopkins University Norman Haughey, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Neurology and Co-Director of the JHU NIMH Center Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:25 AM - 11:55 AM | The Impact of Broad Spectrum Mixed Lineage Kinase Inhibition on Brain Health and HIV-induced Neuroinflammation | Harris Gelbard, MD, PhD Professor and Director of Center for Neurotherapeutics Discovery University of Rochester |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | Lunch | |
| Afternoon Session | ||
| 12:45 PM - 12:50 PM | Intro to afternoon session | Leah Rubin, PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of JHU NIMH Center Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:50 PM - 1:20 PM | Measuring Progress Towards an HIV Cure | Janet Siliciano, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University |
| 1:20 PM - 1:50 PM | A Latent Reservoir in Myeloid Cells in Blood and Brain | Janice Clements, PhD Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology and Vice Dean for Faculty Johns Hopkins University |
| 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM | Platelet-endothelial Associations May Promote Cytomegalovirus Replication in the Salivary Gland but Not in the Brain in Mice | (Pilot Awardee) Kelly Metcalf Pate, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology and Associate Director for Academic Veterinary Training Johns Hopkins University |
| 2:10 PM - 2:25 PM | Break | |
| 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM | SIV Rebound in the Spinal Cord after Stopping ART: A Novel CNS Reservoir | Joseph Mankowski, DVM, PhD Professor and Director of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Johns Hopkins University |
| 2:55 PM - 3:25 PM | Probing the Role of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in HIV-associated Cognitive Impairment | Jennifer Coughlin, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University |
| 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM | Leveraging the Cortical Cholinergic System: An Experimental Model of Cognitive Impairments in Aging PLWH | (Current Trainee) Asante Kamkwalala, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology Johns Hopkins University (data collection: Vanderbilt University) |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Thank you for attending! | Norman Haughey, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Neurology and Co-Director of the JHU NIMH Center Johns Hopkins University |