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Ontario Researchers Make Their Mark
June 29, 2011

Toronto – Ontario researchers are getting set to present at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Rome, Italy from July 17 to 20.

Ontario-based HIV researchers will present their research through oral abstracts, poster presentations and on the Conference’s CD-ROM.

Here is a list of titles, presenting authors and links to each presentation.

Oral Abstract – Sean B. Rourke
Title:   Examining the impact of CNS penetration effectiveness of combination
          antiretroviral treatment (cART) on neuropsychological outcomes in
          persons living with HIV: findings from the Ontario HIV Treatment
          Network (OHTN) cohort study
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=2810

Oral Abstract – Connie Kim
Title:   Th22 cells constitute a highly HIV susceptible T cell subset that is
          associated with epithelial integrity in the sigmoid mucosa and systemic
          immune activation
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=1793

Oral Abstract – Jason Brunetta
Title:   Effect of intensification of long-term highly active antiretroviral
          therapy (HAART) with raltegravir on proviral HIV-1 DNA in gut
          associated lymphoid tissue (GALT): a randomized, placebo
          controlled trial
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=1432

Poster Discussion – Liviana Calzavara
Title:   Baseline prevalence of HIV/STI and changes resulting from
          randomized interventions among male and female migrant
          construction workers in Shanghai, China
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=3983

Poster Exhibition – Patricia Ndumbi
Title:    Characteristics and determinants of normalization of T-cell phenotype
           in HIV-1 infected individuals receiving long term antiretroviral therapy
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=1497

Poster Exhibition – Sergio Rueda
Title:    Job-search motives, competencies and constraints are associated
           with job-search intensity, which in turn predicts reemployment
           success in people with HIV: the return-to-work cohort study
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=4078

Poster Exhibition – Sean Hosein
Title:    Progression to impaired estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)
           between antiretroviral therapy regimens in the Canadian Observational
           Cohort (CANOC) collaboration
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=2179

CD-ROM – Curtis Cooper
Title:    A pilot, prospective, open-label simplification study to evaluate the
          safety and efficacy of once daily lopinavir-ritonavir monotherapy in
          HIV-HCV co-infected subjects: the Monoco study
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=295

CD-ROM – Robert Remis
Title:    Impact of a preventive intervention among female entertainment
           workers (FEWs) in Shanghai, China, 2009-2010
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=4145

CD-ROM – Sergio Rueda
Title:    Income only partially explains the relationship between employment
           and lower depressive symptoms in HIV: the return-to-work cohort study
Details: http://pag.ias2011.org/abstracts.aspx?aid=4288

For more information on this event, please see the Conference’s website

 


3,450 researchers, policy makers, community members and people with HIV attended our annual research conferences between 1998 and 2008