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1-2 December 2021

The Mayo Clinic/University of Liverpool Virtual Conference on Clinical Pharmacology of Antiretrovirals and Antimycobacterials is a two half-day event on 1st - 2nd December 2021, between 3:00 – 6:00 PM GMT, designed for healthcare professionals faced with prescribing antiretroviral and antimycobacterial treatment in increasingly complex patients. 

The virtual conference, with free registration, seeks to improve patient treatment outcomes through educating attendees on emerging topics in antiretroviral and antimycobacterial clinical management, especially in relation to clinical pharmacology (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics), management of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and complex patient cases.

For further details and registration, click here.

22 November 2021

120 mins (18:00-20:00 Japan time, 10:00-12:00 CET)

Opening address: Sanjay Bhagani, EACS President, United Kingdom

Chairs :

EACS

• Jürgen Rockstroh, Germany
• Tristan Barber, United Kingdom

Japanese Society for AIDS Research

• Toshibumi Taniguchi, Japan
• Takashi Muramatsu
• Hideta Nakamura

Case-based discussions

Case 1: Management of long-term ART and co-morbidities

Presenter: Ryuui Miyashita, Japan

Case 2: Management of unsuppressed viremia/resistance

Presenter: Yasuaki Yanagawa, Japan

Case 3: COVID-19 and HIV

Presenter: Maria Mazzitelli, Italy

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23 November 2021

NCHIV serves as platform for stakeholders in the Netherlands to share and discuss the latest insights and developments in research concerning the pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of HIV.

NCHIV is intended for a wide audience, including biomedical scientists in HIV/AIDS, HIV treating physicians, pharmacologists, infectious disease epidemiologists, (medical) microbiologists and HIV nurses.

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London, 30 October 2021

It is time to change the paradigm of fighting something. Therefore, the key message of the new campaign is:

“Respect diversity: HIV status, sex work, sex, gender, sexuality, migration, mobility, choice, love, freedom, diversity, dignity, ethnicity, special needs, well-being, sexual and mental health, intimacy, lust, rights, faith and humanity”.

The main event of the campaign is a demonstration and march through the streets of London on Saturday 30 October, at 2:30pm UK time.

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The race to support children living with HIV will kick off on 27 October at 17:45 GMT at the opening ceremony of the 18th European AIDS Conference held at ExCeL London. The race will end 36 days later on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan on World AIDS Day – 1 December 2021.

The aim of the race is to raise the level of public awareness and understanding around the problems faced by children and adolescents living with HIV in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Funds raised will also provide support for a camp for Russian-speaking children living with HIV.

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21 October 2021

Since the pandemic outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, the HIV Cure Research Center lab has invested heavily in the initiation of key COVID-19 research. Therefore, for the second year in a row, we decided to organize an HIV and SARS-CoV-2 hybrid symposium, which will take place on the 21st of October. During this symposium key aspects of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and HIV cure will be discussed.

The deadline for abstract submission is October 7th, 2021.

For more information about the symposium, click here.

10 November 2021

The University of Liverpool Drug Interactions Group are hosting the “Liverpool Masterclass in Antiviral Pharmacology (LMAP)”, a free educational webinar on 10th November 2021 between 15:00-17:50 GMT. Developed by the team behind the Liverpool HIV, Hepatitis and COVID-19 Drug Interaction tools, this webinar has been specifically designed for healthcare professionals, exploring emerging topics in the clinical management of HIV and COVID-19, especially in relation to clinical pharmacology, management of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and complex patient cases.

Sessions will be a range of talks and case-based presentations and each half with conclude with an interactive Q&A session.

For further details and to register: https://mailchi.mp/liverpool/liverpool-masterclass-in-antiviral-pharmacology-8907717

28-29 October 2021

We invite you to join us for the plenary lectures of the 18th European AIDS Conference that will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 28-29, 2021 from 9:00-10:05:
- On the path to zero, Teymur Noori, Sweden

- The Ying and Yang of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV vaccinology, Richard Koup, United States

- The final word on weight for 2021: The past and what should we do in the future?, Jordan E. Lake, United States

- Resilience: Growing from adversity, Jane Marshall, United Kingdom
Read the lecture synopses