SAN FRANCISCO: CLINICAL TRIALS CONFERENCE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

An AIDS patient advocacy group has organized a one-day event
to provide information about participating in clinical trials.
Besides panel discussions in English and Spanish, there will be
tables with personnel from leading research centers to answer
questions. The event, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About Being in an HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial," is Saturday, October
6, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at Davies Medical Center, Castro
and Duboce Streets, San Francisco. It is free and open to the
public; no registration is required. The facility is wheelchair
accessible, and there will be signing for the hearing impaired.

Panel discussions include: Trials 101 -- The Basics (11:00 AM to
12:30 PM, with separate panels in English and Spanish);
Exploring Options (English, 12:45 to 2:15); Pros and Cons
(English 2:30 to 4:00, Spanish 12:45 to 2:15); and Who Has the
Power? (English, 2:30 to 4:00).

The program is organized by Patient Advocates for Necessary
Treatment, and co-sponsored with other organizations including
ACT UP/San Francisco Treatment Issues Committee, AIDS
Service Providers Association of the Bay Area, Black Coalition on
AIDS, Gay Men of Color Consortium, Mission Neighborhood
Health Center, Positives Being Positive, Project Inform, Women's
AIDS Network, East Bay AIDS Center, and HIV clinical trial sites
throughout the Bay Area.