The UCLA AIDS Institute and Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) present a symposium featuring Stephen O'Brien, Kevin Fenton, and Irvin Chen.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Room 110
619 Charles E Young Drive, East
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Info forwarded from Rathna Natarajan, Center Administrator, UCLA AIDS Institute - RNatarajan@mednet.ucla.edu
Keynote Speaker:
Stephen J. O'Brien, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NIH
"The role that genes play in preventing -and in promoting -HIV infection"
Guest Speaker:
Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
"Racial disparity in HIV infection: In the nation and around the globe"
UCLA Speaker:
Irvin S.Y. Chen, Ph.D.
Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
"If the answer lies in our genes, what are the implications for future AIDS research?"
Admission is free; RSVP strongly requested. To reserve a seat, RSVP to the AIDS Institute at aidsinst@ucla.edu, or 310.794.7209.
For campus map, directions, transportation options to UCLA, visit www.ucla.edu/map
Parking is pay-by-space and all-day ($9) available in lot 2 (enter Hilgard Ave. and Westholme).
Cost : Admission is free, but RSVP is requested to aidsinst@ucla.edu or call 310-794-7209.
UCLA AIDS Institute310-794-7209
aidsinst@ucla.edu www.uclaaidsinstitute.org
Sponsor(s): The UCLA AIDS Institute and Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR).