“Systems Vaccinology”
Bali Pulendran, PhD
Thursday, April 11th, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation
“Impact of Antiretrovirals in Pregnancy: A Holistic View”
Shahin Lockman, MD, MSc
Thursday, March 28th, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by CCEB & DBEI
“Antibodies, Viruses and Vaccines – Winners and Losers in Molecular Arms Races”
Paul Bieniasz, PhD
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology
“Implementation Science to End the HIV Epidemic: How rapid, how relevant, & how rigorous?”
Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH
Thursday, February 29th, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by HIV Grand Rounds
“Pharmacy-Based Approaches to Improving HIV and Substance Use Related Harms in High-Risk Communities”
Natalie Crawford, PhD
Thursday, February 1st, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by PISCE & HIV Grand Rounds
“Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Approaches to Preventing Malaria and Tuberculosis”
Robert A. Seder, MD
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology
“Patient-Provider Communication and Potential Inequities in the Current Era of HIV Biomedical Prevention”
Sarah Calabrese, PhD
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and HIV Grand Rounds
“Life After HIV and Beyond”
Adam Castillejo, The London Patient
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by HIV Grand Rounds
“Immunotherapy and Progress Towards an HIV Cure”
Steven Deeks, MD
Professor of Medicine in Residence
University of California, San Francisco
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by HIV Grand Rounds
“Long acting small molecule plus bNAb combinations for ART”
Babafemi Taiwo, MD, FAS
Gene Stollerman Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine
Hybrid event: BRB Gaulton Auditorium & Zoom
Thursday September 7th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Of apps and equity: where do we stand in HIV prevention for MSM?”
Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PHD, FACVPM
Candler Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Rational Vaccine Strategies against HIV and Coronaviruses”
Raiees Andrabi, PhD
Department of Immunology and Microbiology
The Scripps Research Institute
Thursday, January 26th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by The Department of Infectious Diseases and HIV Grand Rounds
“Translocated microbiome composition determines immunological outcome in treated HIV infection”
Daniel Douek, MD, PhD
Chief, Human Immunology Section
Vaccine Research Center (VRC) Laboratory of Immunology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Thursday, January 19th, 2023 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by PennCHOP Microbiome and HIV Grand Rounds
“The CARD8 Inflammasome in the pathogenesis of HIV and other retroviruses”
Liang Shan, PhD
Assistant Professor, John T. Milliken Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 | 4:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by IFI
“Disrupting systems of oppression to end the HIV epidemic and achieve health equity among Latinxs”
Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD, MPHE, MCHES
Director, Community-Oriented Primary Care Program
Department of Community Health and Prevention, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and HIV Grounds
“Modulating HIV-1 Env conformation to eliminate infected cells”
Andrés Finzi, PhD
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair
Member of The College of the Royal Society of Canada
Université de Montréal, CRCHUM
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by Department of Microbiology
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Anti-viral antibody responses in children: the case of HIV and SARS CoV-2″
Genevieve Fouda, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Pediatrics
Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by Department of Microbiology
“Anti-viral antibody responses in children: the case of HIV and SARS CoV-2”
Deborah Donnell, PhD
Affiliate Professor, Global Health
Affiliate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Thursday, November 10th, 2022 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by CCEB and HIV Grand Rounds
“Ending the HIV Epidemic in New York City”
Sarah Braunstein, PhD, MPH
Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Thursday, October 20th, 2022 | 12:00 pm ET
Co-sponsored by CCEB and HIV Grand Rounds
“A Systems Approach for Understanding HIV Disparities in Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minority Populations”
Michelle Birkett, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Preventative Medicine
Northwestern University
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Co-sponsored with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and HIV Grounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Immunodominance and germinal center biology in HIV vaccine development, and lessons from COVID-19 vaccines”
Shane Crotty, PhD
Professor, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
Co-sponsored with Microbiology
“Mechanisms of HIV persistence – a single-cell multi-omics approach”
Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale School of Medicine
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Facilitating the Application of Implementation Science in HIV Programs and Research in West/Central Africa”
Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, MD
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Senior Technical Advisor, Pediatric HIV, Institute of Human Virology
International Senior Technical Advisor, Pediatric and Adolescent HIV
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Co-sponsored with CHOP Global Health and HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Cell-Intrinsic Resistance to CTL in the HIV Reservoir”
R. Brad Jones, PhD, Associate Professor of Immunology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Towards the Development of Gender Responsive Interventions to Improve Men’s Engagement in TB Care and Treatment”
Andrew Medina-Marino, PhD, Principle Investigator and Men’s Health Division co-Lead l, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
Adjunct Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Human monoclonal antibody therapy for HIV-1 infection”
Michel C. Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Senior Physician
The Rockefeller University
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Co-sponsored with Microbiology
View a recording of this seminar HERE
“Neuroimmune Mechanisms Relevant To HIV/AIDS Prevention”
Adam Carrico, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Psychology
Director of the Division of Prevention Science and Community Health
University of Miami
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Co-sponsored with the School of Nursing & HIV Grand Rounds
“Neutralizing Antibodies Against Coronaviruses”
Pamela J. Bjorkman, PhD, David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Merkin Institute Professor
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
Co-sponsored with Microbiology
“Optimizing HIV and Mental Health Outcomes with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy”
Steven A. Safren, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Cooper Fellow
University of Miami
Director, CHARM – Center for HIV and Research on Mental Health, UM
Director, Health Promotion and Care Lab, UM
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
Co-sponsored with PMHARC & HIV Grand Rounds
Tapping into sites of HIV infection and persistence: Insights into the neuropathogenesis of HIV
Serena Spudich, MD, Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology
Division Chief, Neurological Infections & Global Neurology
Co-Director, Center for Neuroepidemiology and Clinical Neurological Research
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
What Can Elite Controllers Teach Us About an HIV Cure?
Joel Blankson, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Co-sponsored with Microbiology
The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Implementation Science to Reduce Stigma and Promote Equitable Implementation
Sarit Golub, PhD MPH, Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Hunter Alliance for Research and Translation (HART)
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Basic and Applied Social Psychology PhD Program
CUNY Graduate Center
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Co-sponsored with PISCE and HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
Interventions to Address Stigma and Health Care Disparities among Black Sexual Minority Men: Expecting Change without Affecting Change?
Lisa A. Eaton, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
University of Connecticut
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Co-sponsored with University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
Natural control of HIV-1, elite controllers, clinical strategies that may yield to long term drug free remission
Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, Ragon Institute of MGH and Harvard
Staff Physician, Infectious Disease Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Co-sponsored with IGG and HIV Grand Rounds
View a recording of this seminar HERE
From acute HIV infection to treatment interruption: HIV specific immune memory generation, persistence and recall
Lydie Trautmann, EngD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
Co-sponsored with Microbiology
Ending the HIV Epidemic in Washington, DC –
Health Department, Academic and Community Perspectives
Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Milken Institute School of Public Health George Washington University
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Co-sponsored with CCEB
View a recording of this seminar HERE
Building the Infrastructure to End the HIV Epidemic
Matthew Golden, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Director of HIV/STD Program, Public Health – Seattle & King County
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
Progress Towards Preventive and Therapeutic HIV Vaccines
Nelson Michael, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Immunology
Finding and Characterizing HIV’s Hiding Places
Jacob Estes, PhD, Professor, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Co-sponsored with the Department of Microbiology
The Use of mHealth to Address the HIV Continuum with Sexual and Gender Minorities
Keith Horvath, PhD, Associate Professor of Behavioral Psychology, San Diego State University
Thursday, January 9th, 2020
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
Immune Activation in Treated HIV: The Role of Asymptomatic CMV Replication
Peter Hunt MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
Innovations in Mobile Technology for Engaging Youth in Treatment and Prevention
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Health Behavior, Director, Behavior and Technology Lab (BATLab), Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds and the School of Nursing
Natural Hosts of SIV: What can we learn for HIV Cure?
Michela Muller-Trutwin, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head, HIV, Inflammation and Persistence Unit, Institut Pasteur
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
The Rakai Health Sciences Program: 30 Years of HIV Multidisciplinary Research, Lessons Learned, Future Directions
Larry W. Chang, M.D., PH.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
The Virtue of Simplicity: The Vaginal Microbiome, Genital Inflammation and HIV Risk
Douglas S. Kwon, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Co-sponsored with the Department of Microbiology
Novel Nonhuman Primate Models for HIV Vaccine Development and Cure
Jonah Sacha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Co-sponsored with the Immunology Graduate Group
Addressing HIV in Transgender Populations
Tonia Poteat Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
HIV Infection, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: 2018 Update
Priscilla Hsue, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Smilow 11-146
Co-sponsored with the Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Avenues to Zero Transmission in the Black/African American Community
Marsha Martin, D.S.W, Coordinator / Director, Global Network of Black People working in HIV/AIDS
Thursday, November 29th, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Antiviral CARs in Stem Cells: Can We Engineer Lifelong Immunity?
Scott G. Kitchen, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, UCLAHumanized Mouse Core Laboratory, Division of Hematology / Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds
Mental Health and HIV-Risk: Leveraging Families to Promote Adolescent Well-Being
Geri R. Donenberg, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine & Psychology, Director, Healthy Youths Program, Director, Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Co-sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds and the School of Nursing
Immunotherapeutic Approaches for HIV-1 Cure
Dan H. Barouch, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Virology & Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Co-sponsored with the Department of Microbiology
Immune-Based Strategies Targeting Inflammation and Viral Persistence in SIV-Infected Macaques
Mirko Paiardini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building