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Center for AIDS Research at Emory University to Serve as Local Host of AIDS Vaccine 2010

Date:9/14/2009

enter for AIDS Research at Emory University will chair AIDS Vaccine 2010 with support from the following co-chairs: James Curran, M.D., MPH, dean, Rollins School of Public Health and co-director, Center for AIDS Research, Emory University; Carlos del Rio, M.D., Hubert chair, department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health and co-director, Center for AIDS Research, Emory University; and Harriet Robinson, Ph.D., senior vice president of research and development, GeoVax, former director, division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University.

"The Center for AIDS Research at Emory University is pleased to host the AIDS Vaccine 2010 conference in Atlanta. Because Atlanta is the epicenter for the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Southeast, the development of a viable vaccine is a very relevant objective for our community," said Eric Hunter, Ph.D., whose research is conducted at the Emory Vaccine Center. "The devastation of HIV/AIDS is well known, and the need for continued scientific inquiry and global awareness of the disease remains critical in the quest for an effective HIV vaccine."

AIDS Vaccine 2010 aims to help cultivate a global network of scientific talent to carry the field of HIV vaccine research into the future. AIDS Vaccine 2010 will welcome a large cohort of promising early career scientists both nationally and internationally through conference scholarships and travel support.

AIDS Vaccine 2009, with the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS) serving as Local Host, will be held in Paris, France from October 19 to 22, 2009. AIDS Vaccine 2008 was held in Cape Town, South Africa.

More information on the AIDS Vaccine conference is available at http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org/conference/20
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