Call for Participants
Early career reseacher scientists and clinicians with research focused on mucosal studies.
We are hosting a mucosal surfaces workshop from 20-24 January 2015.
Interested candidates can download the application form.
Email the completed form to mucosalworkshop.2015@gmail.com before the 21st of November 2014.
You will be notified of the outcome by the 28th of November 2014.
Dr Jo-Ann Passmore, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Virology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town (UCT) and Medical Scientist with the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS). She heads the Genital Mucosal and STI laboratory at UCTand the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) Mucosal laboratory in Durban. Since 2002, her research has focused on studying genital tract immune responses associated with protection from or susceptibility to sexually transmitted viral diseases including HPV and HIV. She is currently a member of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) Mucosal Working Group which aims at develop methods to investigate HIV-specific immunity in mucosal tissue including the female genital tract. She has published 45 papers in international peer-reviewed journals on mucosal immune responses to HIV and HPV.
Prof Robin Shattock is the Professor of Mucosal Infection and Immunity. The main focus of his research is the investigation of the mechanisms of mucosal HIV transmission and development of novel preventative strategies appropriate to a developing world setting. In addition, Robin provides scientific coordination for the European Microbicide program CHAARM (Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides) and MOTIF (Microbicide Optimization Through Innovative Formulation for Vaginal and Rectal Delivery). Robin chairs the WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative Advisory Committee, the Research and Advisory Steering Committee of the International Partnership for Microbicides and is a member of the Scientific Advisory boards of the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Scientific Committee (GHVE), the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI), the Scientific Advisory Board Review of the ANRS HIV Vaccine Research Program, and the Chinese Aids Vaccine Initiative (CAVI). Robin is on the editorial board of Mucosal Immunology and AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses and is an elected Fellow of the Society for Biology. He has published more than 150 international peer-reviewed articles on HIV and mucosal immunology.
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