Featured Publication - Clinical Factors Related to Brain Structure in HIV: The CHARTER Study

Despite much improved survival and medical outcomes in the era of modern combination antiviral treatments [CART], some persons with HIV continue to experience disturbances in memory, attention, decision making and other neurocognitive functions suggesting a persisting effect of HIV on the brain. Investigators from UCSD’s HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program and the CHARTER Study recently reported the results of a brain imaging study of a large group of HIV+ individuals who participated in a nationwide study.  The study examined the clinical correlates of different forms of injury to brain structures.

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CHARTER Investigator Invited to Present at National Cancer Institute’s Workshop on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Dr. Ron Ellis was invited to present at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) 1-day workshop on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) on June 24, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland. The NCI, in conjunction with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, is sponsoring this workshop to devise neurobiologic research recommendations for CIPN, for consideration by the NCI Director.  Dr. Ellis will present data collected in the CHARTER study regarding HIV related peripheral neuropathy and skin biopsies.

3rd Methods in International NeuroAIDS Research Symposium on July 14-16, 2011 in Frascati, Italy

The HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program (UCSD), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, was pleased to convene the 3rd Methods in International NeuroAIDS Research Symposium on July 14-16, 2011 in Frascati, Italy. This meeting was linked with the 4th International Meeting on HIV Infection and the Central Nervous System (see attached), and preceded the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference in Rome.

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Acintia

Speaking Out to Support HIV+ Women

KFMB-TV CBS 8 - San Diego (March 10, 2011)
HNRP Outreach Representative Acintia Wright Robinson shared her story to help raise awareness on National Women and Girls HIV and AIDS Awareness Day and to help promote the Woman's Voice 2011 Conference.

 

 

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Davey Smith, MD, MAS Receives HIV Medicine Association’s 2010 HIV Research Award

We congratulate Davey Smith, MD, MAS, HNRC coinvestigator and head of HNRC Neurovirology Core, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and researcher at the Antiretroviral Research Center on being awarded this special honor.  He is one of two recipients of the HIV Medicine Association’s 2010 HIV Research Award, recognizing up-and-coming HIVMA members who have made outstanding contributions to HIV medicine early in their careers. He received this award at the Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting in Vancouver on October.

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