Highlights from the 2017 CFAR HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Summit
By: Meredith Blumberg On September 25th, the 2017 PrEP Summit was held at the JB Duke Hotel in Durham, NC. The event was co-hosted by the UNC and Duke Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs). This summit served as an … Read more
Carl June – Keynote at the 2017 Cell and Gene Therapy Meeting
By Karine Dubé, David Palm and Jeff Taylor Carl H. June, MD delivered the keynote speech at a University of Washington conference on engineered T cells for cancer and HIV. Dr. June is the Richard W. Vague Professor in … Read more
IAS 2017: HIV and Cancer Fields United in Dialogue to Accelerate Discovery in the Search towards ‘Sustained Virologic Remission’
By Karine Dubé The International AIDS Society (IAS) 2017 conference was held in Paris, France in July 2017. A HIV Cure and Cancer Forum took place before the conference to explore the interconnectedness of HIV and cancer … Read more
CROI 2017 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop Highlights
By Karine Dubé Every year, before the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infectious (CROI), HIV treatment and cure advocates gather to discuss updates around HIV cure science. Highlights from the CROI 2017 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop are below. Maureen … Read more
Women’s Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS 2016: Zooming in on Women’s Contributions in HIV Cure Research
By Karine Dubé The 2016 Women’s Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI) meeting took place in Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, South Carolina from December 1 – 4, 2016. The theme for this year’s meeting was: Women in HIV Cure Research: Advocating … Read more
Report from the NIH Strategies for an HIV Cure Symposium
The NIH Strategies for an HIV Cure Symposium in Bethesda, MD from November 14-16, 2016 marks the inaugural organizational meeting for six research sites that were awarded funding by the NIH to be a part of the Martin Delaney Collaboratory … Read more
Highlights from the NIH-Sponsored Workshop on HIV Cure in November 2016
By Karine Dubé The National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) hosted its most recent HIV cure strategies meeting from November 14 – 16, 2016. The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate and foster collaboration across the new … Read more
International AIDS Society Releases 2016 Global Scientific Strategy Towards an HIV Cure
By Karine Dubé and Joseph D. Tucker The ‘Towards an HIV Cure’ initiative of International AIDS Society (IAS) has released its 2016 global scientific strategy towards an HIV cure. This second edition of the strategy updates the initial strategy released … Read more
2BeatHIV goes to TEDxDurham
By: Meredith Blumberg, 2BeatHIV Intern, UNC-CH Health Policy and Management Major I love watching TED Talks; I find it fascinating to learn about such varied, yet similarly inspirational, topics through short presentations. However, my past viewing of TED Talks had been … Read more
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Co-Hosts a Successful Red for Cure HIV Forum
By: Jennifer Hendrix, 2BeatHIV/searcHIV intern, NCCU student The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the 2BeatHIV Project co-hosted “Red for Cure”: A Forum on Black Women and HIV Cure on Saturday, February 27, 2016 … Read more