CHRIS Meeting Agenda

The agenda for the CFAR HIV Research in International Settings (CHRIS) meeting is below. Check out the Biostatistics Sessions and the poster presentations, too!

7:45 - 9:00 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast, Poster Setup

9:00 - 9:05 AM
Opening remarks
Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD
University of California, San Diego

9:05 - 10:05 AM
Keynote lecture
Global health delivery and diplomacy: The long road to sustainable programs
Eric Goosby, MD
University of California, San Francisco

10:05 - 10:25 AM
Is the glass half-full? Measuring progress in HIV care delivery in sub?Saharan Africa during 2002-2013: a meta-analysis
Mark J. Siedner, MD, MPH
Harvard University and
Massachusetts General Hospital

10:25 - 10:40 AM
Break

10:40 - 11:00 AM
Understanding high HIV prevalence along a major southern African transport corridor in Zambezi, Namibia
Kimberly C. Brouwer, PhD
University of California, San Diego

11:00 - 11:20 AM
Dyslipidemia and insulin resistance in prepubertal African children on ART
Steve Innes, MBBCh, MRCPCH, MPhil, PhD
Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Biostatistics Session 1: Biostatistics training and capacity building in developing countries

11:20 - 11:40 AM
Applying an innovative system for 3D clinical photography to monitor therapeutic response of Kaposi’s sarcoma: Experience in Mozambique
Yu-Tsueng Liu, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego

11:40 - 12:00 PM
Factors related to incomplete adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among adolescents attending three HIV clinics in Zambia
Julie A. Denison, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 PM
Biostatistics Session 2: NIH funding for statistical and computational methodology development to support HIV/AIDS research

1:00 - 1:20 PM
The effect of a multi-level, HIV and drug-related, risk and stigma reduction intervention on the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among newly diagnosed HIV-infected men who inject drugs in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
Carla E. Zelaya, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

1:20 - 1:40 PM
ART adherence and coping support by interactive voice response (IVR) calls among people living with HIV in India
Dallas Swendeman, PhD, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles

1:40 - 2:00 PM
Life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS: A nationwide analysis of the impact of free and universal access to treatment in Brazil
Monica Malta, PhD
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2:00 - 2:10 PM
Break

2:10 - 2:30 PM
Economic vulnerability and relation to violence and sexual risk factors for HIV among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico
Elizabeth Reed, ScD
University of California, San Diego

2:30 - 3:30 PM
Keynote Lecture
The past, present and future of global health engagement by academic institutions
Carlos del Rio, MD
Emory University

3:30 - 3:35 PM
Closing Remarks
Robert T. Schooley, MD
University of California, San Diego

Remember there are poster presentations, too!