Retroviruses Conference Report by Telephone Conference, February 2
The annual Retroviruses conference, which this year is January 30 - February 2 in San Francisco, is one of the world's most important scientific meetings on AIDS; this year it will also include a session on hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Just after the conference ends, a telephone conference will bring together a panel of experts who will review some of the information presented, and answer questions submitted by the teleconference participants. The telephone meeting will occur Wednesday, February 2, 5:00 p.m. Pacific time (6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m. Eastern time).The panelists for this teleconference are:
Stephen Becker, M.D., in private practice in San Francisco;
Karen Beckerman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, and Director of the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC).
David Cooper, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Steven Deeks, M.D., San Francisco General Hospital AIDS program.
Michael S. Saag, M.D. (moderator), Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and director of the AIDS Outpatient Clinic at the University of Alabama.
Ronald Baker, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, HIVandHepatitis.com.
To join the teleconference, you need to register in advance (first name only); call 1-800-880-5121 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Anyone can hear the tape or read a transcript later (no need to register). The tape will be available starting 24 hours after the teleconference; call 1-888-207-2647, and use pass code 5371. An edited transcript will be available about 14 days later at
http://www.HIVandHepatitis.com
This teleconference is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Roche Laboratories.
