Retroviruses Conference: Live Telephone Report Feb. 7.A free one-hour telephone conference with a panel of leading physicians, allowing you to ask questions, will report highlights of the important Retroviruses conference (8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 4-8, 2001, in Chicago). The call will take place February 7, 2001, 5 p.m. Pacific / 6 p.m. Mountain / 7 p.m. Central / 8 p.m. Eastern time; to participate, you need to register in advance. The panelists will be: * Calvin Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , M.D., Research Director, Community Research Initiative of New England, and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Consultant, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates; * David Cooper, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , Sydney, Australia; * Steven Deeks, M.D., San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco General Hospital is the main public hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo. The hospital budget is for only 302 beds at SFGH. AIDS Program; * Roy Gulick, M.D., Director, Cornell University Clinical Trials Unit, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; * Michael Saag, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. (UAB) and Director of the AIDS Outpatient Clinic at UAB; and * Ron Baker, Ph.D. (moderator), Editor-in-Chief, HIV and Hepatitis.com To register and get the phone number and instructions for calling, call 1-800-880-5121 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday. Later, you can hear a recording of the call, by calling 1-888-207-2647 and entering passcode 5253. Note: For more in-depth information during and after the conference, there will be many reports on the Web, and on treatment email lists; we will also cover some of the presentations in the next two issues of AIDS Treatment News. The telephone briefing provides a convenient overview, and allows live questions of the panelists. |
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