World AIDS Day, December 1: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ/MUHC experts
Here is a list of experts from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital available for comment on your stories for World AIDS Day:
Nicole Bernard, Researcher, Infection & Immunity, Research Institute of the MUHC
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Expertise: HIV resistance, genetics associated with protection from HIV infection, slow replication of HIV among people with protective genes.
Available for interviews in English and French.
nicole.bernard [at] mcgill.ca
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Shelley Clark, Professor, Department of Sociology, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ
Director, Centre on Population Dynamics
CRC, Youth, Gender and Global Health
Expertise:Ìýsocial determinants of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa; HIV risks within marriage; adolescent transitions in high HIV contexts; couple dynamics and negotiation with respect to HIV
Available for interviews in English
shelley.clark [at] mcgill.caÌý
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Julian Falutz, Director, HIV Metabolic Clinic, MUHC, Coordinator of Chronic Viral Illness Service, HIV and Aging Clinic, MUHC
Expertise: clinical care of HIV patients, teaching, clinical research.
Available for interviews in French and English
+available after Dec 1
julian.falutz [at] muhc.mcgill.ca
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Nitika Pant Pai, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ
Researcher, Infection & Immunity, Research Institute of the MUHC
Expertise: Self-testing strategies, screening strategies for HIV and co-infections, development of smart apps for self-testing, synergizing health, multiplexed testing in different at-risk populations, impact of oral testing and counseling in women in labor, simultaneous testing of pregnant women for co-infections.
Available for interviews in English
nitika.pai [at] mcgill.ca
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Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy, Professor of Medicine, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ,ÌýDepartment of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Chronic ViralÌýIllnessÌýService and Division of Hematology
Expertise: HIV primary infection; vaccines, Kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphoma
Available for interviews in French and English
jean-pierre.routy [at] mcgill.ca
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Mark Wainberg, Director, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ AIDS Centre
Professor, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Head of the HIV/AIDS research axis, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital
Past President of the International AIDS Society
Expertise: Development of anti-HIV drugs, HIV drug resistance, HIV vaccines
Available for interviews in French and English
mark.wainberg [at] mcgill.ca
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On December 1, World AIDS Day, GAP-VIES, in collaboration with the MUHC, is organizing a dinner conference on the importance of prevention and screening in Montreal’s Haitian and African communities.
Le 1er décembre, GAP-VIES organise un souper-conférence pour souligner l’importance de la prévention et du dépistage auprès des Communautés haïtienne et africaine de Montréal en collaboration avec le CUSM.