New Meeting on Immune Surrogate Markers, Baltimore, January 9-11

A new meeting on "the identification of meaningful surrogate markers of immune reconstitution" will be hosted next month by the Institute of Human Virology and the University of Maryland Foundation. This conference has been called on short notice, so help is needed in getting the word out. The steering committee of about 20 leading researchers includes Larry Fox, Robert Gallo, Alan Landay, Michael Lederman, Robert Redfield, Nara Sarver, Fred Valentine, and Bruce Walker. Cosponsoring organizations are the Harvard AIDS Institute, Pacific Oaks Medical Group, Project Inform, and Search for a Cure.

The "First Annual Immune Function and Surrogate Markers: Setting the Goal Line" will take place at the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus; rooms have been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. Conference registration is $200 for academic registrants, $300 for corporate. Registration is requested if possible by December 15.

For more information, including the program and the registration form, contact Jeffrey Meshulam, Institute of Human Virology, 410-706-8614, fax 410-706-1952, email ihvinfo@umbi.umd.edu[/a>.