13th Annual International Symposium on NeuroVirology

The 13th International Symposium on NeuroVirology (ISNV) was held on June 2-6, 2015 at The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California.

Drs. Jeymohan Joseph and Cristian Achim (HNRP Investigator) chaired an International NeuroAIDS Workshop that featured the work of several HNRP investigators.  The workshop took place during the ISNV meeting on June 3, 2015 and featured the following talks:

• NIMH global neuroAIDS programs (Jeymohan Joseph, PhD; National Institute of Mental Health, Office of AIDS Research)
• Neuroimaging and neuropsychological markers of HIV clade C neurovirulence (Robert Paul, PhD; University of Misouri, Saint Louis)
• NeuroAIDS in rural Uganda (Deanna Saylor, MD; Johns Hopkins University)
• HAND in a  Romanian cohort of young adults infected parenterally since childhood (Luminita Ene, MD, PhD; “Dr. Victor Babes” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; *HNRP Collaborator)
• HAND prevention in China (Scott Letendre, MD; *HNRP)
• Multi-year follow-up of the impact of ART initiation on cognition (Tom Marcotte, PhD; *HNRP)