17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
February 16, 2010The 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2010) is an annual "meeting of the minds" for basic scientists and clinicians to discuss ongoing research with the goal of translating this research into progress against the AIDS epidemic. This year's conference will include an update from the Thai vaccine trial, additional PrEP animal data, an update on male circumcision scale-up, presentations on ARV-based prevention, and more.
The organizers of CROI provide webcast and podcast coverage of much of the conference, which can be viewed shortly after the session. We have prepared a list of select HIV prevention research-related sessions that we recommend checking out:
- Put Your Money Where Your Model Is: ART for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, a symposium on guiding the global response: Tuesday, February 16, 2:30-4pm
- The HIV/AIDS Research Agenda: A View from NIAID, a plenary from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the (US) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Tuesday, February 16, 5:30-6:15pm
- Testing and Transmission, an oral abstract session: Wednesday, February 17, 9:30-11:30am
- New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic, a symposium including presentations on male circumcision scale-up and ARVs for HIV prevention: Wednesday, February 17, 4-6pm
- HIV Vaccines: The Path Forward, an oral abstract session and scientific overview: Thursday, February 18, 9:30-noon
- Antiretroviral-based Prevention: Exposure and Efficacy, an oral abstract session, Thursday, February 18, 9:30-11am
- Challenges in HIV Prevention, a symposium: Thursday, February 18, 4-6pm
- New Insights into Mechanisms of T-Cell Protection, a symposium: Friday, February 19, 4-6pm
Access the program at-a-glance and complete pocket program. For daily coverage of the conference proceedings, sign up for NAM's conference bulletins.
Participation in the conference itself remains out of reach to many due to space constraints, high cost and a limited number of scholarship slots. To help bring the information and dialogue from the conference to a much broader audience than is able to attend in person, AVAC is planning a series of post-CROI HIV prevention research webinars. Similar to last year's series, these webinars are meant for anyone who is interested in an update on the research presented at CROI, awants to build skills for watching presentations with a critical eye, and understand the science.