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NeuroAIDS, Drug Abuse, and Inflammation: Building a Collaborative Research Agenda

March 23 - 24, 2006

Agenda

MEETING AGENDA:
EMERGING ISSUES CONNECTING DRUG ABUSE, HIV, AND NEUROBIOLOGY

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THURSDAY, MARCH 23: FINDING COMMON GROUND, IDENTIFYING GAPS IN RESEARCH

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am Opening Remarks:

Lynda Erinoff, Ph.D.
Associate Director, AIDS Research Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Diane M. Lawrence, Ph.D.
Program Official, Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Roy Walker, M.B.A.
Project Manager
CSR, Incorporated
9:00 am - 9:30 am Orientation Talk:
Overview of NeuroAIDS, Drug Abuse and Inflammation


Avindra Nath, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
9:30 am - 10:30 am Invited Talks and Discussion:
Glial Biology, Inflammation and HIV


Eugene Major, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Virology, NINDS, NIH

Kurt Hauser, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center

Joan Berman, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Monica Carson, Ph.D.
Division of Biomedical Science
University of California, Riverside
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Invited Talks and Discussion:
Pharmacology, Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection


Jau-Shyong Hong, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, NIEHS, NIH

Jim O’Callaghan, Ph.D.
Molecular Neurotoxicology Laboratory, CDC-NIOSH

Diane Miller, Ph.D.
Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, CDC-NIOSH

Brian Cox, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Glen Hanson, DDS, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Utah

Will Maragos, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
University of Kentucky Medical Center
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch Break
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Invited Talks and Discussion:
NeuroAIDS and Virology


Justin McArthur, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Christopher Power, M.D.
Department of Medicine
University of Alberta

Eliezer Masliah, M.D.
Department of Neurosciences
University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Linda Chang, M.D.
Department of Medicine John A. Burns School of Medicine
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Invited Talks and Discussion:
Virus-Drug and Immune-Drug Interactions


Tom Rogers, Ph.D.
Fels Institute, Temple University School of Medicine

Wenzhe Ho, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics and Immunology
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute

Walter Royal III, M.D.
Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine

M.D.Yuri Persidsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Pathology/Microbiology and Pharmacology Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Nebraska Medical Center

Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neuropharmacology Scripps Research Institute
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmBreak
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Group Discussion:
Organizing the Proposed Research Questions
5:30 pm Adjourn


FRIDAY, MARCH 24: FINDING SOLUTIONS

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am Group Discussion:
Priorities for Research
9:30 am - 9:45 am Break
9:45 am - 11:45 am Group Discussion::
Approaches to Addressing the questions
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Summary and Review of Key Discussion Points
12:30 pm Adjourn

Speakers

Joan Berman, Ph.D. -- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Monica Carson, Ph.D. -- Division of Biomedical Science, University of California, Riverside
Linda Chang, M.D. -- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Brian Cox, Ph.D. -- Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D. -- Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute
Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D. -- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Glen Hanson, DDS, Ph.D. -- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah
Kurt Hauser, Ph.D. -- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University Of Kentucky Medical Center
Wenzhe Ho, M.D. -- Department of Pediatrics and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jau-Shyong Hong, Ph.D. -- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
Eugene Major, Ph.D. -- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Virology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Will Maragos, M.D., Ph.D. -- Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky Medical Center
Eliezer Masliah, M.D. -- Dept of Neurosciences, University of California--San Diego School of Medicine
Justin McArthur, M.B.B.S., M.P.H. -- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Diane Miller, Ph.D. -- Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
Avindra Nath, M.D. -- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jim O’Callaghan, Ph.D. -- Molecular Neurotoxicology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
Yuri Persidsky, M.D. -- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Christopher Power, M.D. -- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
Tom Rogers, Ph.D. -- FELS Institute, Temple University School of Medicine
Walter Royal III, M.D. -- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine


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