Upcoming Seminars 2026 – 2027
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 | 12:00 pm EDT
“The Relentless Pursuit of Broad Neutralization Against HIV and Coronaviruses by Targeted Vaccines”
Raiees Andrabi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 | 9:00 am EDT
“HIV and Cancer: Unique Epidemiology, Biology, Prevention Strategies and Management”
Keith Sigel, MD
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Co-sponsored by CCEB/DBEI
Wednesday, December 9th, 2026 | 12:00 pm EST | CRB Austrian Auditorium
Carla Nowosad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Grossman School of Medicine, NYU
Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology
Thursday, January 21st, 2027 | 12:00 pm EST
“Rewiring Mood: Neurosteroids and Depression in People with HIV”
Shibani Mukerji, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Associate Director of the Neuro-infectious Diseases Unit
Massachusetts General Research Institute
Harvard University
Co-sponsored by PMHARC
Thursday, February 4th, 2027 | 12:00 pm EST
“HIV Implementation Science: Models, Opportunities, and Collaboration for Impact”
Sarit Golub, PhD, MPH
Distinguished 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
Co-sponsored by PMHARC
Wednesday, February 17th, 2027 | 12:00 pm EST
“Persistence of the misfits: impact of defective HIV-1 proviruses on clinical care and cure research”
Francesco Simonetti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases | Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Center (VIPC)
Cellular and Molecular Medicine, PhD Program
Johns Hopkins University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology
Thursday, March 4th, 2027 | 12:00 pm EST
“HIV & Aging: The Geroscience Agenda”
Michael Corley, MA PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care
The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and Center for Healthy Aging
University of California San Diego
Co-sponsored by PMHARC
Thursday, April 1st, 2027 | 12:00 pm EDT
“Place, Power, and Infrastructure: Developing Community-Controlled Approaches to HIV Equity Through the Rutgers Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health“
Tamara Taggart, PhD, MPH
Perry N. Halkitis Endowed Chair for Advancing LGBTQ+ Public Health
Director Rutgers Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health
Associate Professor of Urban-Global Public Health
Rutgers School of Public Health
Co-sponsored by PMHARC
Wednesday, May 17th, 2027 | 12:00 pm EDT
“How HIV hides – from the gut to the tumor microenvironment“
Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale University School of Medicine