Center for AIDS Research

AIDS Club Seminars

Through the CFAR AIDS Club, members of the center and the rest of the Einstein-Montefiore Community can learn about the work of CFAR members. A listing of upcoming speakers and their topics is provided below.

PLEASE NOTE:   ALL SEMINARS WILL TAKE PLACE IN PRICE CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 451 AND VIDEO CONFERENCED TO THE MONTEFIORE CAMPUS AT THE DGIM CONFERENCE ROOM, 3514 DEKALB AVE, ON FRIDAY’S FROM 9 TO 10 A.M. IN CASE OF CHANGES, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED.  
  

EINSTEIN/MONTEFIORE CFAR AIDS CLUB 2012-2013

Date 
Speaker   Title 

 9/14/12

Betsy Herold, M.D.  

Professor

Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health 

*Will take place in Chanin, Conference Room 525

Role soluble mucosal immunity in the genital tract in HIV transmission

  Mark Kuniholm, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
The relationship between HLA alleles and HIV & HCV progression in a multiracial cohort of women

 9/28/12 

Mindy Ginsberg 

Principal Associate, 

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health 

The CFAR collaboration website: access to a rich data resource

  John Foxe, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Pediatrics 

Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience 

Director of Research of the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Department of Pediatrics

Neuro marker to predict the onset and course of HIV-associated neuro cognitive disorders

10/12/12 

Natalia Cheshenko, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor 

Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) 

Role of calcium in HSV entry

  

Johanna Daily, M.D  

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

 

HIV and malaria co-infection in Rwandan adults: is there a significant interaction?

10/26/12 

David Lounsbury Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health 

Department of Family and Social Medicine 

Viraj Patel M.D. 

Instructor 

Division of General Internal Medicine 

Department of Medicine 

Using social media to promote access to HIV prevention and testing among young men of color in the Bronx

  

Nicolas Schlecht Ph.D. 

Associate Professor

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health 

Department of Medicine 

Miriam Mandel Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research  

Oral HPV and lesions in an HIV-positive patient population
 

 11/9/12 

Donna Futterman, M.D 

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics 

Department of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine) 

Early diagnosis and treatment of adolescent HIV infection to prevent spread

  Andrew Yates, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Systems & Computational Biology 

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

Understanding the dynamics of early responses to HIV; modeling approaches

 11/30/12 

Michelle Larsen Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor,  

Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) 

Instructor

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

Update on Mtb vaccine trials
 

  Joanna Starrels, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) 
Safer opioid prescribing for patients with HIV and chronic pain

 12/14/12 

Howard Strickler, M.D. 

Professor 

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health 

Molecular methods for cervical cancer screening in HIV+ women
 

 

Professor 

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

Department of Medicine (Rheumatology) 

Murray and Evelyne Weinstock Chair in Microbiology & Immunology

New approaches to improving vaccines for TB and HIV

 1/4/13 

 

Teresa DiLorenzo, Ph.D. 

Professor,  

Department of Microbiology & Immunology 

Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)

 

Experimental delivery of HIV antigens to dendritic cells.

 1/18/13 

John Reidhaar-Olson, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor,

Department of Biochemistry

Operations Director of the Einstein shRNA Facility


An update on the shRNA Core Facility 


 

 

James Brust, M.D. 

Assistant Professor,  

Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) 

 

Improving outcomes for multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa.

2/1/13
          Pedro Mesquita Ph.D.   

Instructor

Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) 

Pre-clinical evaluation of topical microbicides for prevention of HIV and HSV 
 
Assoicate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry
Associate Director of the Albert Einstein Protein Production
High Throughput Protein Production at the Macromolecular Therapeutic Development Facility
2/15/13 Julie Secombe Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Using Drosophila to study the effects of retroviral therapies on mutation frequency, aging and cancer
  Michelle Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

 Reproductive Infectious Disease Fellow  

 Clinical Instructor WOS                                                                                              

 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences     

 University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine          

HPV-related anogenital neoplasia in HIV-infected women: an equal opportunity risk?
3/1/13 Erik L. Snapp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology
 
Visualizing Env in Living Cells
3/15/13

 

Max O’Donnell, MD 

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Population Health 

 Outcomes and Adherence to Medication in XDR-TB/HIV Treatment 
  John Pachankis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
Yeshiva University     
 Translating Stigma Mechanisms into Effective LGBT Health Interventions 
4/12/13 Sarah Hochman, M.D.
Instructor,
Department of Medicine     
 From pathology to bedside: HIV as a risk factor for fatal cerebral malaria. Part I      

 

  Kami Kim, M.D.
Professor,
Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
 From pathology to bedside: HIV as a risk factor for fatal cerebral malaria. Part II

 

4/26/13
Chanin 5th Floor
Jacqueline M. Achkar, M.D. M.S.
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine
Biomarkers for active tuberculosis
  Vinayaka R. Prasad, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Immunology  
 Clade C HIV-1 isolates from 1 Southern Africa bear a unique genetic signature in Tat and cause increased neurovirulence 
5/10/13 Presentations by HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections training grant trainees  
5/24/13 Nikolaos Frangogiannis, M.D.
Professor,
Department of Medicine
Edmond J. Safra/Republic National Bank of New York Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
 
  Aaron Fox, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
 
6/7/13
 

 

  Mimi Kim, Sc.D.
Professor,
Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Director, Biometry Core, Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development   
An overview of the CFAR biostatistics core and other statistical resources at  Einstein.
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