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