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CAHM Scientific Lecture - HIV Latency in Perinatal Infection

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Air date:	Monday, June 15, 2015, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 174 (38 Live, 136 On-demand)
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:40:53
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Description:	Caribbean American Heritage Month Commemorative Scientific Lecture "HIV Latency in Perinatal Infection: Opportunities and Challenges Towards an HIV Cure" In 1996, Congress established Caribbean American Heritage Month (CAHM) to be commemorated each June in recognition of the important contributions of Caribbean Americans to U.S. history and culture. On Monday, June 15, 2015, a native of Guyana, Dr. Deborah Persaud, will deliver a research lecture for NIH's first-ever CAHM commemorative scientific event. Deborah Persaud, MD of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and School of Medicine is a distinguished virologist and pediatric HIV researcher who led NIH-funded groundbreaking studies that initially cured the HIV perinatally-infected "Mississippi Baby". For the first time, Dr. Persaud will brief HHS staff on findings from and future directions for her landmark studies, which are funded by both the NIH/NIAID and NIH/NICHD. This important event has been organized by the NIH Caribbean American Planning Committee and will feature the following speakers: Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, D-VI - U.S. Virgin Islands delegate to U.S. House of Representatives Carl Dieffenbach, NIH/NIAID - Director, Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Rohan Hazra, NIH/NICHD - Chief, Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch (MPIDB) Dana M. Sampson, NIH/OD/OBSSR - Chair, NIH Caribbean American Planning Committee Deborah Persaud, Johns Hopkins University - Featured Honoree Agenda 2015 CAHM Deborah Persaud lecture Slides HHS Leaders Caribbean Americans 2015 Slides Bio for Honoree Deborah Persaud Slides

NLM Title:	HIV latency in perinatal infection / Deborah Persaud, Carl Dieffenbach, Rohan Hazra, Dana Sampson, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett.
Author:	Persaud, Deborah. Dieffenbach, Carl W. Hazra, Rohan. Sampson, Dana. Plaskett, Stacey. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): Caribbean American Heritage Month Commemorative Scientific Lecture "HIV Latency in Perinatal Infection: Opportunities and Challenges Towards an HIV Cure" In 1996, Congress established Caribbean American Heritage Month (CAHM) to be commemorated each June in recognition of the important contributions of Caribbean Americans to U.S. history and culture. On Monday, June 15, 2015, a native of Guyana, Dr. Deborah Persaud, will deliver a research lecture for NIH's first-ever CAHM commemorative scientific event. Deborah Persaud, MD of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and School of Medicine is a distinguished virologist and pediatric HIV researcher who led NIH-funded groundbreaking studies that initially cured the HIV perinatally-infected "Mississippi Baby". For the first time, Dr. Persaud will brief HHS staff on findings from and future directions for her landmark studies, which are funded by both the NIH/NIAID and NIH/NICHD. This important event has been organized by the NIH Caribbean American Planning Committee and will feature the following speakers: Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, D-VI - U.S. Virgin Islands delegate to U.S. House of Representatives, Carl Dieffenbach, NIH/NIAID - Director, Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Rohan Hazra, NIH/NICHD - Chief, Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch (MPIDB) Dana M. Sampson, NIH/OD/OBSSR - Chair, NIH Caribbean American Planning Committee Deborah Persaud, Johns Hopkins University - Featured Honoree.
Subjects:	Caribbean Region HIV Infections--drug therapy Health Status Disparities Infant Remission Induction Virus Latency
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WC 503.2
NLM ID:	101662999
CIT Live ID:	16514
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=16514

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