New York HIV Research Centers Consortium
2006 Scientific Conference
"Acute HIV Infection: A Multidisciplinary Symposium"
Monday, June 12, 2006

Farkas Auditorium, NYU Medical Center
550 First Avenue (@ E 32nd Street), New York, NY

Sponsored by the New York HIV Research Centers Consortium
Hosted by the New York University Center for AIDS Research

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Approximately 4,000 new cases of HIV are thought to occur each year in New York City, out of approximately 40,000 nationwide. Rapid identification of these "acute HIV infections" (AHIs) could help slow the HIV/AIDS epidemic and may aid the treatment of these individuals' HIV infections. Despite the inportance of AHI for public health, treatment, and research, few cases of AHI have been identified in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut tri-state region. The purposes of the conference are to:

• Update and educate the HIV research community about AHI; and
• Provide a forum for the development of potential initiatives and interventions for identification of AHI; prevention of HIV transmission from acutely infected individuals to others; and the development of an integrated behavioral and biomedical research agenda regarding AHI.

Agenda 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Registration 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome, Introduction to the Consortium and Goals of the Day Sherry Deren, PhD, New York HIV Research Centers Consortium Steering Committee Member 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM Clinical Review of Acute HIV Infection Demetre Daskalakis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM The Biology of Acute HIV Infection: Virology, Immunology and Effects of Treatment Fred Valentine, MD, Director, Center for AIDS Research, New York University School of Medicine  10:00 AM - 10:30 AM STAT - The North Carolina Program for Identifying Acute HIV: Implications for STD Programs and Prenatal Screening Peter Leone, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, and Medical Director, HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch, NCDHHS, North Carolina Health Department 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM Acute HIV Infection Initiatives, New York State Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH, Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health 11:10 AM - 11:45 AM Acute HIV Infection in the NYC Metropolitan Area: Rationale for Implementation of AHI Screening in STD Clinics Elizabeth Begier, MD, MPH, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM AHI: Update from New Jersey Evan M. Cadoff, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Q & A Fred Valentine, MD, Moderator 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch, Poster Viewing and Continued Discussion of Identification of Acute HIV Infection 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Controlling AHI Transmission: Issues Related to Risk Networks, Social Networks and Other Social Influences Samuel R. Friedman, PhD, Director, Social Theory Core, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, and Senior Research Fellow, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM The HIV Prevention Spectrum: Behavioral Psychosocial, and Structural Barriers to AHI Detection Robert Remien, PhD, Research Scientist and Associate Professor, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Community Perspectives Daniel Raymond, Policy Director, Harm Reduction Coalition 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Summary and Discussion of Action Items: Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Research in Developing Strategies for AHI Case Finding and AHI-Related Transmission Prevention Moderators: Anke A. Ehrhardt, PhD, & Jack A. DeHovitz, MD, MPH, New York HIV Research Centers Consortium Steering Committee Members; and Fred Valentine, MD Important Deadlines: May 15, 2006: Abstract Submission Deadline May 31, 2006: Online Registration Deadline This conference is also sponsored by: Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI27742), New York University School of Medicine Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (P30 DA11041), National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (P30 MH43520), NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University HIV Center for Women and Children, SUNY Downstate Medical Center