David Grelotti, MD, HNRP investigator and UCSD Department of Psychiatry faculty, was an organizer for the 2018 UC Global Health Day. The conference took place on April 22, 2018 at the Price Center on the UCSD main campus. The theme of the conference was “committing to a healthier world”. To view the program click here.

Several HNRP affiliated investigators contributed to the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), March 4-7, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics of presentations include evaluation of antiretroviral regimen effectiveness, methamphetamine use and aging, and biomarkers related to health and motor function.

Webcasts, abstracts, electronic posters, and other electronic resources from CROI 2018 will be available online after the conference.

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Several HNRP affiliated investigators contributed to the 46^th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, February 14-17, 2018, Washington, DC. The theme of the meeting was "connecting the present to the future". Their posters highlighted various aspects of cognitive function related to disease, aging, and genetics.

Campbell LM, Eppig J, Kelsey RT, Edmonds E, Bondi MW. Cognitive performance and Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers in superaging and normal older adults.

Paolillo E, Pasipanodya EC, Heaton RK, Moore DJ. Depressive symptoms are associated with cognitive decline in HIV/AIDS.

Saloner R, Yokoyama JS, Coppola G, Karydas A, Fox E, You M, Kramer JH. Associations of dopamine-related genes with executive functioning in functionally normal older adults.

Sundermann EE, Maki P, Rubin LH, Mielke M, Machulda M, Bondi M. Sex-based norms in clinical tests of verbal memory might improve diagnostic accuracy in Alzheimer’s Disease.

September 11, 2017

Dr. Davey Smith and Susanna Concha-Garcia spoke with KPBS about The Last Gift, a new study at the University of California, San Diego, designed to help understand HIV reservoirs. The Last Gift Project works closely with the long-standing, California NeuroAIDS Tissue Network (CNTN)– the CNTN has been enrolling participants for tissue donation studies for almost 20 years. The Last Gift complements the CNTN by doing intensive end of life monitoring to determine where HIV resides when active replication is suppressed. By learning more about where the virus hides, researchers hope to learn how to target these hidden pockets of HIV for eradication; an essential step on the road to finding a cure.

Listen to the KPBS story by David Wagner here.