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XV International AIDS Conference
Brown University faculty bring HIV and AIDS expertise to Bangkok
Brown physicians and researchers have established an international reputation for tracking, treating, detecting and preventing HIV, one of the world’s most devastating diseases. Ten Brown faculty members will travel to Bangkok to share their research at the largest-ever meeting on the pandemic, July 11-16, 2004.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ten Brown University professors,
along with students and staff, will present research and learn new ways to stem
the tide of the AIDS epidemic at the XV International AIDS Conference July
11-16, 2004, in Bangkok. Considered the premier showcase for HIV/AIDS science
and policy initiatives, the conference is expected to draw 15,000 global
delegates.
Charles Carpenter, M.D., calls Brown’s international involvement in AIDS research and treatment “gratifying.” Carpenter helped write new international guidelines for antiretroviral treatment which will be released at the international AIDS conference.
Photo: ©2003 by Al Weems
Since the dawn of the disease, Brown clinicians and researchers
have aggressively pursued ways to prevent and treat HIV infection. Through the
Brown University AIDS Program and the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS
Research, Brown faculty are involved in 22 clinical trials aimed at improving
existing treatments or creating new ones. In addition, seven HIV vaccine trials
are underway in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.
As HIV/AIDS gained a global foothold, so did University efforts.
Brown-affiliated projects are underway in Kenya, South Africa, Mali and Belize.
But faculty members are particularly active in Asia, a focus of attention at
this year’s international conference.
“It is gratifying to see that members of the Brown
community – including undergraduates and medical students as well as
faculty – are deeply involved in the research and treatment of HIV/AIDS
around the world,” said Dr. Charles Carpenter, professor of medicine and
director of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research. “There are
major Brown-sponsored programs in Chennai, India; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and
Eldoret, Kenya.”
Across Asia, Brown professors are setting up treatment centers
and conducting clinical trials. They have trained about 100 health care workers
from India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines through the
Brown University Fogarty Center for AIDS International Training and Research
Program. This work bears fruit in Bangkok, where Fogarty trainees will make 19
presentations – including some of the first scientific reports on the use
of highly active antiretroviral treatment in the developing world.
At the conference, Brown faculty will present more than two
dozen projects on topics ranging from the effectiveness of HIV microbicides to
the prevalence of HIV in prisons. New international antiretroviral treatment
guidelines, written in part by Charles Carpenter, M.D., will also be
released.
Faculty experts can speak on virtually all aspects of HIV/AIDS
in the U.S. and abroad. A list of faculty and their expertise follows. Reporters
should schedule advance interviews through Wendy Lawton at (401) 863-2476. Many experts will travel to Bangkok in early July.
Charles Carpenter, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Director, Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV and antiretroviral treatment (see Web site)
E. Jane Carter, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Director, the RISE Clinic, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV and tuberculosis; HIV in Kenya
Susan Cu-Uvin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown Medical School
Co-Director, Samuel and Esther Chester Immunology Center, The Miriam
Hospital
Expertise: HIV and women; HIV mother-to-child transmission; clinical trials and
care in developing countries (see Web site)
Anne De Groot, M.D.
Associate Professor of Community Health (Research), Brown Medical School
Director, TB/HIV Research Laboratory, Brown University
Expertise: Basic research on HIV vaccines; access to HIV care in prisons; HIV
care in developing countries (see Web site)
Timothy Flanigan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Division Director, Infectious Diseases, Brown Medical School, The Miriam
Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital
Expertise: HIV care for prisoners and drug users; directly observed therapy;
clinical trials and care in developing countries (see Web site)
Joseph Harwell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island
Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Expertise: HIV and sexually transmitted infections; HIV mother-to-child
transmission; pediatric AIDS; HIV care in developing countries
Michelle Lally, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV vaccine development; HIV testing; HIV prevention (see Web site)
Mark Lurie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community Health and Medicine (Research), Brown Medical
School
Researcher, International Health Institute, Brown University
Expertise: HIV epidemiology; HIV and migration; HIV in South Africa
Grace Macalino, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community Health (Research), Brown Medical School
Associate Director, Center for Clinical Trials and Evidence-based Healthcare,
Brown University
Expertise: HIV risk behaviors; HIV and injection drug users; HIV in prisons (see Web site)
Luisa Marcon, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Community Health, Brown Medical School
Researcher, TB/HIV Research Laboratory, Brown University
Expertise: HIV vaccine development; vaccine delivery systems
Kenneth Mayer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Director, Brown University AIDS Program
Expertise: Anti-HIV microbicides; effects of antiretroviral treatment on HIV
transmission; HIV behavioral and biological prevention trials; clinical trials
and care in developing countries (see Web site)
Roland Merchant, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Community Health, Brown Medical
School
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
Expertise: HIV epidemiology; HIV testing; HIV and substance abuse; HIV and
sexually transmitted diseases
Jennifer Mitty, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV and medication adherence/directly observed therapy
Kathleen Morrow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research), Brown Medical
School
Staff Psychologist, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: Anti-HIV microbicides; HIV and sexually transmitted disease
prevention interventions; qualitative data methods (see Web site)
David Pugatch, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
Director, Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Program, Hasbro Children’s
Hospital
Expertise: HIV in children and adolescents; new HIV testing technologies
Josiah Rich, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV and addiction; HIV care for prisoners (see Web site)
Michael Stein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Community Health, Brown Medical School
Director of HIV Services, Rhode Island Hospital
Expertise: HIV and injection drug users; HIV and mental health
Karen Tashima, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Director, HIV Clinical Trials, The Miriam Hospital
Expertise: HIV clinical trials and new HIV treatments (see Web site)
Sally Zierler, Dr.P.H.
Professor of Community Health, Brown Medical School
Expertise: HIV and women; HIV and violence, poverty and social inequalities (see Web site)
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