Community Engagement Forums
2024 – 25 Community Events
Updates on the HIV reservoir
Tuesdays each month at 10am Paciific / 1pm Eastern
Themed virtual discussions with researchers and community advocates on the latest science around HIV reservoirs.
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May 14 2024: Intro to the latent reservoir – Katie Riggs, Mauro Garcia Jeff Taylor, Derrick Mapp, with DARE researchers Robert and Janet Siliciano
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June 18 2024: Can the reservoir be locked-in by long-term ART? – Janet Siliciano vs. Xu Yu, Bridgette Picou, and Richard Jefferys
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July 16 2024: Where does the reservoir reside? – Jake Estes, Marc Wagner, Lynda Dee
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August 13 2024: Assays that may prevent some ATIs – Mathias Lichterfeld, Dawn Averitt, Michael Louella
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October 8 2024: Women and the reservoir – Nancie Archin, Waheedah Shabazz-El, Shekina Rose
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November 12 2024: Block and lock – Susana Valente, Ebony Gordon, Raif Derazzi
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December 10 2024: Ethics and the participant experience – Karine Dubé, William Carter, Tom Villa
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January 21 2025: Age and the reservoir – Alan Landay, Moisés Aogosto-Rosario, Jeff Berry, Paul Aguilar and Talissa Geraldino
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February 11 2025: What the last gift study reveals about the HIV reservoir –
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Coming up: The microbiome and the reservoir
March 2024
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Opening Remarks on the Importance of HIV Cure Research – Moses Supercharger
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HIV Cure Research in Australia – Jillian Lau
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ACTG Global HIV Cure Research Plans – Katharine J. Bar
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Justice-Informed HIV Cure Trials with ATIs – Karine Dubé of the DARE Community Advisory Board
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Open discussion – Workshop attendees
Past community events
2023
Long-term survivors and HIV cure research webinar series
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May 23, 2023: Introduction to aging research – Jules Levin, Serena Spudich, Kristine Erlandson, Alan Landay
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June 13, 2023: Introduction to cure research – Lynda Dee, Jeff Taylor, Paul Aguilar, Melanie Reese
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July 11, 2023: 50+ People living with HIV – Michael Peluso, Matt Sharp, Derrick Mapp
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August 15, 2023: 50+ Women living with HIV – Eileen Scully, Waheedah Shabazz-El, Dawn Averitt, Bridgette Picou
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September 19, 2023: People who acquired HIV in early life – Allison Agwu, Nina Martinez, Grissel Granados, Porchia Dees
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October 24, 2023: Participant experiences in research – City of Hope Patient Paul Edmonds, Matt Sharp, Tom Villa, Gail Graham
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November 21, 2023: Where do we go from here? – Jeff Berry, Dawn Averitt, Shekinah Rose, Waheedah Shabazz-El, Moisés Agosto-Rosario
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2022–2023
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Cell and gene therapy for HIV cure webinar series
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June 21, 2022: The Basics – Jennifer Adair, PhD, Fred Hutch, Global Gene Therapy Initiative; Michael Louella, DARE CAB Co-Chair
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August 16, 2022: Cutting Out HIV with CRISPR – Kamel Khalili, PhD, Temple University, CRIPSR for Cure; Tricia Burdo, PhD, Temple University, CRIPSR for Cure
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September 20, 2022: Silencing HIV – Priti Kumar, PhD, Yale University, HOPE
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November 15, 2022: Driving anti-HIV duo CAR T cell therapy to the clinic – Rimas J. Orentas, PhD, Scientific Director, Caring Cross and Kim Anthony-Gonda, PhD, MB, ASCP, Caring Cross
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January 17, 2023: Engineering B Cells – Paula Cannon, PhD, UCS, RID
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February, 28, 2023: Enabling affordable and accessible advanced medicines – Boro Dropulic, PhD, MBA, Caring Cross
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2020
March - CROI: Annual Community Cure Form
July - IAS 2020: Interview with Deeks and Dee
July - IAS 2020: AU HIV Cure CABs at the Global Village
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2019
March - Melbourne Women in Clinical and Cure Research
March - Melbourne Community Cure Workshop
April - Baltimore HIV Cure Forum
May - Sydney NAPWHA Research Day
May - Oakland DARE/amfAR Cure Research Forum
August - USCA: NMAC Annual Community Meeting
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2018
June - Los Angeles Cure Research Case Managers’ and Navigators’ Forum
July - UCSA HIV Cure Research
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2017
October – HIV Community Cure Research Forum
HIV Community Cure Research Forum conducted on 10-25-17 in Baltimore in collaboration with DARE Co-Chair Lynda Dee, her AIDS Action Baltimore team and DARE researchers Drs. Bob and Janet Siliciano