Event Program

HOUR 1: 11am ET

Welcome to the Save AIDS Research Livestream! Why Should We Care about HIV Research?

The Broad Benefits of HIV Research
Greg Millett, MPH - amfAR
Alone and Frightened
Moses Supercharger - Joint Adherent Brothers and Sisters Against AIDS
HIV Research: a platform for global solidarity and solution building
Shashika Bandara, MSc - Duke University

HOUR 2: 12pm ET

Panel Discussion — The Pipeline in the Balance: Sustaining the Next Generation of HIV Researchers Through Training & Mentorship

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH - University of California, San Francisco
John Sauceda, PhD - University of California, San Francisco
Allison Agwu, MD, SCM - Johns Hopkins University

HOUR 3: 1pm ET

Panel Discussion — HIV Clinical Trials and Research Networks

Myron Cohen, MD - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (HPTN)
Larry Corey, MD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (HVTN)
Joseph Eron, MD - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (ACTG)
Sharon Nachman, MD - SUNY Stonybrook (IMPAACT)

HOUR 4: 2pm ET

Vaccine Confidence: From trials to delivery
Heidi Larson, PhD - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Social, Behavioral and Ethical Considerations in HIV Cure Research
Ali Ahmed, PhD - University of California, San Diego
HIV Cure Advances
Katie Bar, MD - University of Pennsylvania

HOUR 5: 3pm ET

Panel Discussion — Research Advocacy

Mary Woolley - Research America
Georges Benjamin, MD - American Public Health Association
Dazon Dixon Diallo, DHL, MPH - SisterLove

HOUR 6: 4pm ET

Aging Too Soon: The biology and outcomes of children and youth born with HIV
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, MD - Northwestern University
Scaling HIV Prevention Efforts for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations Through Mobile Health (mHealth): Insights and Lessons from Malaysia
Roman Shrestha, PhD, MPH - University of Connecticut
The Silver Lining to a Dark Cloud: My wonderful life as an HIV clinical study volunteer
Loreen Willenberg - Zephyr Foundation

HOUR 6: 5pm ET

HIV and STIs: Intersecting epidemics, novel interventions
Connie Celum, MD, MPH - University of Washington, Seattle
Heroin to Health: Global drugs, global diseases, global solutions
Sunil Suhas Solomon, PhD, MPH - Johns Hopkins University
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: Past, present, future
Raphael Landovitz, MD - University of California, Los Angeles

HOUR 7: 6pm ET

No Place to Go: Displacement and HIV among people who use drugs
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD - University of Southern California
HIV-Related Stigma: Research findings and implications
Valerie A. Earnshaw, PhD - University of Delaware
How'd They Do It? Analyzing the Landscape of HIV Criminalization Reform
Trevor Hoppe, PhD, MPH - University of North Carolina, Greensboro

HOUR 8: 7pm ET

Panel Discussion — The Future of HIV/AIDS Research: We are not done yet

Deborah Persaud, MD - Johns Hopkins University
Judith Currier, MD - University of California, Los Angeles
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - 6th NIAID Director
LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN - Yale School of Nursing

HOUR 9: 8pm ET

Can Inoculation-Based Messaging Protect Against HIV Vaccine Misinformation?
Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA - University of Pennsylvania
MAHA, Vaccine Refusal and the Undermining of Community Strategies to Protect the Immune Compromised
Jennifer Reich, PhD - University of Colorado, Denver
Investing in Youth, Investing in Impact: Adolescent HIV research in the ATN
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH - Florida State University & Sybil Hosek, PhD - University of Illinois, Chicago

HOUR 10: 9pm ET

Mpox, the Changing Landscape of an Emerging Disease
Nicole Hoff, MD, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles
Mpox from 2022 through the Present: Lessons from community embedded research
Joseph Osmundson, PhD - New York University & Miguel Paredes, PhD - University of Washington, Seattle

HOUR 11: 10pm ET

Designing Long-acting Antiretroviral Therapy with an Eye on Pharmacoequity
Rachel Bender-Ignacio, MD, MPH - University of Washington, Seattle
Integrating Community Wisdom for the Uptake of HIV Interventions
Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD - Boston University
How Research has Been and Will be Critical to Improving the Health of Humans with Hepatitis C
Kara Chew, MD - University of California, Los Angeles

HOUR 12: 11pm ET

HIV and Tuberculosis–Related NIH-Funded Clinical Research in Peru: Experiences from the PERU Clinical Trials Unit
Jorge Gallardo Cartagena, MD, PhD - Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas Biomédicas y Medioambientales (Lima, Peru)
Menopause and HIV
Sara Gianella Weibel, MD - University of California, San Diego
Overlapping and Intersecting Epidemics: HIV and overdose
Joshua Barocas, MD - University of Colorado

HOUR 13: 12am ET

Mission Possible: Ending AIDS and improving community health — the SEARCH approach
Diane Havlir, MD - University of California, San Francisco
AI & HIV
Mike Reid, MD - University of California, San Francisco & PEPFAR
Delivering HIV Services in War and Conflict Settings: Ukraine
Andriy Klepikov, PhD - Alliance for Public Health, Ukraine

HOUR 14: 1am ET

Why Sex and Gender Matter to the Basic Science of Curing HIV
Jessica Prodger, PhD - University of Western Ontario
Interventions with bNAbs - A glimmmer of hope for a cure
Jesper D. Gunst, MD, PhD - Aarhus University, Århus, Denmark
From Research to Action: Reducing stigma and improving HIV & mental health outcomes for sexual and gender minorities in India
Venkatesan Chakrapani, MD, PhD - Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy, India

HOUR 15: 2am ET

Chemsex, HIV and Harm Reduction: Towards an integrated response
Adam Bourne, PhD - La Trobe University, Australia
Africa-led HIV Prevention Science and Mentoring the Next Generation of African Researchers
Kenneth Ngure - Kenyatta University, Kenya
Counting the Cost: Patients' perspectives on PEPFAR aid cut to Zambia
Wilbroad Mutale - Uniersity of Zambia

HOUR 16: 3am ET

Tangerine – Trans-formative Care Model in Thailand
Jakkrapatara (Fair) Boonruang, MD
Katherine Gill, MBChB, MPH
The Movement Toward Greater Africa-led HIV Science and the Importance of Global Partnership
Mumbi Chola, PhD

HOUR 17: 4am ET

HIV Treatment Outcomes, Mental Health and Alzheimer's Disease Among People Living with HIV in Asia: Research highlights from the TREAT Asia Network
Annette Sohn, MD, PhD
South Africa Medical Research Council: Where an HIV vaccine “fits” into the current paradigm and why it is so important
Glenda Gray, MBBCH, FCPaed
Transgender Scorecard
Cindra Feuer - AVAC

HOUR 18: 5am ET

Panel Discussion — Lenacapavir

Wesley Sundquist, PhD - University of Utah
Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, PhD, DCH - Desmond Tutu Foundation
Yvette Raphael - Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA)

HOUR 19: 6am ET

Why Addressing Stigma Should be our Number One Priority in the HIV Response
Sarah Stutterheim, PhD
Shaping the Future: An African-Led and Sustainable Scientific Agenda for HIV Prevention in Women
Nyaradzo Mgodi, MBChB, MMed
Health in your Hands: The promise of over-the-counter PrEP for HIV prevention
Lauren Violette, PhD, MPH

HOUR 20: 7am ET

Trans-Inclusive HIV Research
Tonia Poteat, PhD - Duke University
What Does Aging with HIV Mean in 2025?
Kristine Erlandson, MD - University of Colorado, Anschutz
Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes among Older Adults with HIV in Kampala, Uganda
Phoebe Mbabazi, MD - Makerere University, Uganda

HOUR 21: 8am ET

We Are Together with You: Integrating care for TB and HIV in high-burden countries
Luke Davis, MD - Yale School of Public Health
Experiences of HIV Care in the Context of Climate Change Among Young Sex Workers and Sexually Diverse Men in Kampala, Uganda
Carmen Logie, PhD, MSW - University of Toronto
Implementation Opportunities to Expand HIV Prevention and Treatment in People Who Use Drugs
Frederick Altice, MD - Yale School of Medicine

HOUR 22: 9am ET

HIV and Mental Health
Robert Remien, PhD - Columbia University
Getting Research Right: Good Participatory Practice Guidelines – now more than ever
Stacey Hannah, MHS - AVAC
How the HIV Reservoir Persists
Annukka (Annie) Antar, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University

HOUR 23: 10am ET

They Don’t Care About Us, But We Care: The chronic power of community love, grief and resistance in and beyond HIV and long COVID
JD Davids - Patient-Led Research Collaborative, What Would an HIV Doula Do Collective and JD Strategies
Optimizing Outcomes for Children Exposed to HIV in Utero
Grace John-Stewart, MD, PhD, MPH - University of Washington, Seattle
HIV/STI Prevention in Youth Populations: A Community-based approach
Julia Rosebush, DO, FAAP - University of Chicago