Below is a list of upcoming events.
The Friday Research-In-Progress Seminar Series is held every other
Friday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM at The Miriam Hospital in the Steven
Baron Lecture Hall, of the Fain Building, 2nd floor. Lectures are
broadcast by video conference to Tufts University, Jaharis Building
- Room 272. Presentations are given by CFAR faculty, and/or in collaboration
with nationally recognized experts.
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| January Events |
| 1/9/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
HIV Testing and Prevention Services for Jail Detainees
Click here to view this presentation from QuantiaMD |
| Presenter |
Curt Beckwith, MD, Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272
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| 1/23/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Building TB Care and Research Programs in the Developing World: A Model from Eldoret, Kenya
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| Presenter |
E. Jane Carter, MD, Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272
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| February Events |
| 2/6/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Consequences of Parental Illness/Death on Children Orphaned and Affected by AIDS in South Africa (registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Don Operario, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Health, Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
| 2/20/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
CANCELLED |
| Presenter |
CANCELLED |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272
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| March Events |
3/6/09
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Time |
8:00 PM |
| Title |
HIV/AIDS, Antiretroviral Therapy, and Reproductive Life Projects in Nigeria
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content)
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| Presenter |
Daniel Smith, PhD,
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
| 3/16/09 |
Time |
4:00 PM |
| Title |
The Paul J. Galkin Lecture Series
Ending The Global AIDS Epidemic: The Search for an AIDS Vaccine
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content)
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| Presenter |
Dr. Seth Berley, President & CEO, International AiDS Vaccine Initiative |
| Location |
Brown University Campus
Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall 117 |
| 3/20/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
HIV and Bone Disease |
| Presenter |
Ank Nijhawan, MD, Research Fellow at The Miriam Hospital |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
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| April Events |
| 4/3/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
A New Strategy to Understand How HIV Infects Women: Identification of a Window of Vulnerability During the Menstrual Cycle |
| Presenter |
Charles Wira, PhD, Professor at Dartmouth Medical School |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272
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| 4/17/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Economic and Behavioral Aspects of ARV Treatment in Western Kenya
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of North Carolina |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
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| May Events |
| 5/1/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM- 4:00 PM |
| Title |
The Impact of the Kenya post-election conflict on medication and visit adherence for HIV-infected children in Western Kenya
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Dr. Winstone Nyadiko, Pediatrician/Senior Lecturer at Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya
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| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Fain Building, 2nd Fl. - Steven Baron Lecture Hall
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
| 5/15/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
HIV Associated Neurologic Disorders: Cognitive and MRI Findings
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
David Tate, PhD |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
| 5/29/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Pulling Back the Curtainon Herpesvirus Entry |
| Presenter |
Ekaterina Heldwein, PhD, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Location |
**Please not that this presentation will take place at: Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272
Broadcast by Video Conference
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
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| No Seminars Scheduled for June/July/August |
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| September Events |
| 9/11/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Evaluating Pregnancy Trends and Postpartum Follow-up in HIV-infected Women in Mississippi
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Aadia Rana, MD, Research Fellow, The Miriam Hospital |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
| 9/25/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Pharmacies Helping to Implement AIDS Reduction Measures: Project PHARM
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Nick Zaller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1
Broadcast by Video Conference
Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Jaharis Bldg. - Room 272 |
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| October Events |
| 10/08/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM SPECIAL PRESENTATION |
| Title |
Access to and Use of Family Planning by Women with HIV: South Africa and Beyond
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Jennifer Smit, BPharm, MS, PhD,
Deputy Head of the Durban Office at the Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU) of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 10/9/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
The Misclassification of Antiretroviral Therapy Failure using Immunologic and Clinical Monitoring in HIV Infected Children and Adolescents in Western Kenya
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Elizabeth DuFort, MD, Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 10/23/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
Flipping the Switch - Sex in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans
(registration with QuantiaMD is required to view the content) |
| Presenter |
Richard Bennett, Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbilology & Immunology at Brown University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 10/30/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM SPECIAL PRESENTATION |
| Title |
Immediate versus Delayed ART in TB/HIV co-infected adults in Western Kenya |
| Presenter |
Ann Wanjiru Mwangi, Brown University Fogary Fellow |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
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| November Events |
| 11/6/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
CANCELLED |
| Presenter |
CANCELLED |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 11/20/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
TBA |
| Presenter |
TBA |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
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| December Events |
| 12/3/09 |
Time |
11:00 AM Year of India Event. . . |
| Title |
HIV Epidemic in India & Opportunities for Collaboration |
| Presenter |
Dr. N. Kumarasamy, Chief Medical Officer at YRG Centre for AIDs Research and Education |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital - Hurvitz Board Room 1
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| 12/4/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
HIV Care after Expanded ART Access in Rural Kenya: Medical Reporting and Clinical Outcomes |
| Presenter |
Mkaya Mwamburi, Assistant Professor, Tufts University |
| Location |
Tufts University - Jaharis Bldg. Room 272
**Video Broadcast to The Miriam Hospital, Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 12/11/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM SPECIAL PRESENTATION |
| Title |
TBA |
| Presenter |
Jerrold Ellner, MD,
Chief of Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine
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| Location |
The Miriam Hospital - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
| 12/18/09 |
Time |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Title |
TBA |
| Presenter |
Alexandra Mangili, MD, Assistant Professor, Tufts University |
| Location |
The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI
Victor and Gussie Baxt Building - Hurvitz Board Room 1 |
