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2008 National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care

Embargoed until 12:00 noon EST (17:00 GMT) Thursday, 20 November 2008


National Summit

When: November 20 - 21, 2008
Where: Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

Audiobriefing

An audiobriefing will be held on Thursday, November 20 at 12:00 PM EST.

Blog

A live blog will be generated during the Summit. It can be accessed at http://hivforum.blogspot.com.

Experts

If you would like to interview a researcher or HIV advocate on this topic, the following are available.

  • Dr. Veronica Miller, Executive Director, The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
  • Dr. John Bartlett, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Director, Brown University AIDS Program
  • Dr. Richard Rothman, Associate Professor and Research Fellowship Director, The Johns Hopkins University Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Christopher Barnhill, Metro TeenAIDS, Washington, D.C.
  • Deadra Lawson-Smith, Living Quilt project member and Community Liaison/Peer Advocate, South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council

Materials

Media Advisory
Press Release
Abstracts
Bios
Backgrounder

Multimedia

Informational videos about HIV and HIV testing from the Brown University AIDS Program:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/BRUNAP/aids_video.html

Interview with Christopher Barnhill, MetroTeen AIDS

To attend the Summit, RSVP to the audiobriefing, interview experts, or for more information, contact:

Katy Lenard
(o) 301 652-1558, ext. 5719
(m) 202-494-2584
klenard@burnesscommunications.com

About the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research:

The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research is an independent public-private partnership whose mission is to facilitate discussion on emerging issues in HIV clinical research and the transfer of research results into care. The Forum is comprised of representatives from all stakeholders in HIV clinical research and facilitates ongoing discussion and collaboration among these stakeholders to address critical unanswered questions about the optimal medical management of HIV disease and encourage coordination among public and private research efforts.
http://www.hivforum.org/