By Karine Dubé The 7th International HIV Persistence Workshop on during Therapy occurred in Miami from December 8 – 11, 2015. This meeting started occurring bi-annually in 2003 and historically has been centered on HIV reservoirs. HIV reservoirs had been described … Read more
by Samantha Farley, searcHIV undergraduate intern For university students like myself, the American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) Conference provided our first immersion into the world of public health and policy. AMWHO was established at UNC Chapel Hill in 2014 … Read more
by Marie Theunissen, community advocate in Cape Town, South Africa A cure for HIV has been a hot topic for a while and, prior to the results of the Mississippi baby, expectations of a possible cure has been contemplated by … Read more
By Qingyan Ma PhD The China-US HIV Functional Cure Symposium held September 8-9, 2015 in Guangzhou, China marked the first academic exchange on the scientific research of HIV cure between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and south … Read more
by Qingyan Ma PhD, UNC Project-China Money talks. It is certainly true for HIV cure research. In the report of the Global Investment in HIV Cure Research and Development 2014 published by the International AIDS Society (IAS) in July 2015, United … Read more
By Karine Dubé The IAS 2015 meeting held in Vancouver, Canada in July 2015 was a reminder that we need to exercise caution about any claims of HIV cure. Below are the major HIV-cure related research highlights that are particularly … Read more
by Dr Malcolm de Roubaix The beautiful coastal city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) hosted the 7th South African AIDS Conference from 9th to 12th June. Apart from its other attractions, Durban was a fitting host to accommodate the overall theme … Read more
Our team is delighted to announce that five abstracts from working group members were accepted to the International AIDS Society 2015 “Towards an HIV Cure Symposium”, which will be held July 18-19, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. These abstracts include: “Hard” … Read more
By Karine Dubé The CROI 2015 conference was held in Seattle, WA from February 23 – 26, 2015. Main HIV cure research highlights related to the conference included: AVAC (http://www.avac.org/) and CARE (delaneycare.org), in collaboration with several HIV cure research, … Read more
2015 is looking to be an eventful year in HIV and HIV cure research! Below, we’ve compiled a list of some of the upcoming workshops, conferences, and other events related to HIV cure research. The searcHIV team is looking forward … Read more
