General Information
The HIV Grand Rounds series, offered by UCLA CHIPTS, UCLA-CDU CFAR, and the UCLA AIDS Institute, consists of hour-long lunchtime lectures that are delivered by invited guests or distinguished members of the Institute faculty on a broad range of HIV-related topics.
The aims of the Grand Rounds series are to:
- Share the latest research findings on HIV prevention, care, and treatment, and highlight important developments in HIV-related research.
- Encourage scientific collaborations and networking between UCLA investigators and invited speakers.
- Excite an interest in HIV/AIDS research for early career investigators, and provide resources about new research findings, funding, and career opportunities.
Register through Zoom, the link provided is for the Grand Rounds series:
https://uclahs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsce6tpzsjGNTn884UgboEKxF_qD–bpz2#/registration
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Upcoming Events:
| Date | Location | Speaker | Affiliation | Position | Moderator | Contact |
| 1/14/2025 | CHS 13-105 | Katharine J Bar, MD | UPENN | Associate Professor | Kara Chew | bark@pennmedicine.upenn.edu |
| 2/11/2025 | CHS 13-105 | Clare Barrington | University of North Carolina (UNC) | Professor and Director | Jesse Clark | cbarring@email.unc.edu |
| 3/18/2025 | CHS 13-105 | Henry Fomundam | Howard University | Pharmacist | Lejeune Lockett | hfomundam@aol.com |
| 4/8/2025 | BSRB 154 | Jonathan Li | Harvard | Associate Professor of Medicine | Kara Chew | jli@bwh.harvard.edu |
| 5/15/2025 | BSRB 154 | Elvin Geng | Washington University | Professor of Medicine | Kara Chew, Risa Hoffman | elvin.geng@wustl.edu |
| 6/10/2025 | CHS 13-105 | Nthabiseng A.Phaladze, PhD., MScN., BEd & RN | University of Botswana | Global CAB, Associate Professor | Laura Bogart | PHALADZE@UB.AC.BW |
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Past Events
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: HIV Post-Treatment Controllers and the Dream of Living without Antiretroviral Therapy
Featured speaker: Jonathan Li, MD
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Slides: Contact speaker at JLI@BWH.HARVARD.EDU
Recording: N/A
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Innovative Interventions for Sustainable HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Zambia in a Quest to end the Pandemic in Africa by 2030
Featured speaker: Henry Fomundam, Pharm.D.
- Regional Director, Howard University Global Initiative, South Africa.
- Associate Professor, Howard University Graduate School, Public Health Programs
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://youtu.be/jo5p2HpidoE
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Developing and testing a multilevel intervention to promote viral suppression in the Dominican Republic
Featured speaker: Clare Barrington, PhD, MPH.
- Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina,
Gilling’s School of Global Public Health
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://youtu.be/XsYvtds9V5A
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Addiction Medicine is Medicine: Integrating Care to End the HIV Epidemic
Featured speaker: Ellen F Eaton MD, MSPH, FIDSA
- Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://youtu.be/vnxQ9Fkky9A
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: A Two Decade Journey with People who Inject Drugs: Lessons from Back to the Future
Featured speaker: Sunil Suhas Solomon, MBBS, PhD, MPH
- Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://youtu.be/BkJR2Lpvi-I
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Social network-based, peer-led HIV self-testing as a strategy to improve HIV testing uptake and linkage to HIV care among men in fishing community settings: Experiences from Uganda
Featured speaker: Joseph Matovu, MHS, PhD.
- Senior Research Associate, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda and Associate Professor, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://youtu.be/J8b371fyi84
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Bridging the Gap: Cell and Gene Therapies for Latent HIV Infection and Other Low-Antigen Diseases
Featured speaker: Christopher W. Peterson, PhD.
- Assistant Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Slides: N/A
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVIojk_Dkys
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Identification Of Cellular Immune Vulnerabilities Of AIDS Causing Lentiviruses In Rhesus Macaques
Featured speaker: Louis J Picker, M.D.
- Professor and Associate Director, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute at Oregon Health & Science University
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i423aICKFsA
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Using Intensive Longitudinal Measurement to Identify Intervention Targets to Improve Mental and Sexual Health and Reduce Substance Use in Vulnerable Populations
Featured speaker: Patrick A. Wilson, PhD.
- Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology, UCLA
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fL9Cf696g
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Optimizing PrEP Uptake Among Youth in Los Angeles and New Orleans via Telehealth Coaching, Online Peer Support and Automated Texting: Results from ATN 149
Featured speaker: Dallas Swendeman, PhD.
- Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kSLmzGCZdA
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: HIV Epidemiology and Prevention with Transgender Men and Transmasculine People
Featured speaker: Sari L. Reisner, PhD.
- Director of Transgender Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Slides: N/A
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNMxyoxX5s
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: A Behavioral Science Agenda for HIV Therapeutics
Featured speaker: Jane M. Simoni, PhD.
- Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Washington (UW)
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7b-H_Hsb3U
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Evolve Convergent Strategies to Remodel the Host Response
Featured speaker: Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG)
Slides: N/A
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aya6dXRD6nM
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Challenges of Researching Latina/os and Community-based Participatory Research Approach as a Response to Those Challenges
Featured speaker: Maria Cecilia Zea, PhD.
- Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, George Washington University
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpshWXrL6oc
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Social Immiseration, Changing Drug Use Patterns and HIV Risk among Community-Recruited People who Inject Drugs in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, and San Francisco California.
Featured speaker: Ricky Bluthenthal, BA, MA, PhD.
- Professor, Vice Chair for DEI and Associate Dean for Social Justice Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, USC
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8w0ys416s8
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Title: Towards a COVID-19 Vaccine to Protect Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Animal Sarbecoviruses Without Updating
Featured speaker: Pamela Bjorkman, PhD.
- David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; Merkin Institute Professor
Slides: Download here
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo2UCXv1mcU
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Making a Difference in Health: Focus on the Environment, Not Only the Individual
Presented by:
Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD,
Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Oregon Health and Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health
Slides:
Making a Difference in Health: Focus on the Environment, Not Only the Individual - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvd5OUPa9A
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Beyond Research for Research Sake: Centering Equity and Community Engagement to Advance HIV Research
Presented by:
Sannisha K. Dale, PhD, EdM, Associate Professor with Tenure in Psychology, University of Miami and Director and Founder, SHINE Research Program
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciyhM88TpM
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
ETR’s Health Equity Framework: From Reflection to Integration and Action for HIV Research
Presented by:
Ifeoma C. Udoh, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Education, Training, and Resource (ETR)
Slides:
ETR’s Health Equity Framework: From Reflection to Integration and Action for HIV Research - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4Uu6Y0Tgg
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Regenerating T Cell Immunity
Presented by:
David T. Scadden, MD, Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Slides: N/A
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzRDH6ZQs5U
Friday, June 10, 2022 From 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
People Aging With HIV In The US: A Simulation Modeling Approach
Presented by:
Emily Hyle, MD, MSc, DTMH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Slides:
People Aging with HIV In The US: A Simulation Modeling Approach - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvhDrzat2e4
Friday, January 14, 2022 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Environmental Justice and Women’s Reproductive Health
Presented by:
Tamarra James-Todd, PhD, MPH, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of PH
Slides: For a copy of the slides contact tjtodd@hsph.harvard.edu
Recording: N/A
Friday, December 10, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
The Politics of Epidemiologic Risk Data in Global HIV Prevention Science
Presented by:
Amaya Perez-Brumer, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Slides: For a copy of the slides contact a.perezbrumer@utoronto.ca
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWY3GT0oI6U
Friday, November 12, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Getting to Zero, San Francisco: Successes, Challenges, and Future Strategies
Presented by:
Susan Buchbinder, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, UCSF and Director- Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Slides:
Getting to Zero, San Francisco: Successes, Challenges, and Future Strategies - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4GChOJW7Jc
Friday, October 8, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
The Enemy of My Enemy: Bacteriophage Therapy to Treat Multi-drug Resistant Bacterial Infections
Presented by:
Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, UC San Diego and Professor and Harold Simon Chair, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego
Robert T. Schooley, M.D., Senior Director, International Initiatives, UC San Diego
Recording: https://youtu.be/Eokru_gtggc
Friday, September 10, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Innovations in Digital Health Strategies for Engaging Youth in HIV Treatment and Prevention
Presented by:
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of N. Carolina and Professor, Dept. of Health Behavior, University of N. Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Slides:
Innovations in Digital Health Strategies for Engaging Youth in HIV Treatment and Prevention - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vLhfJfpyo
Friday, June 11, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Disentangling the Role of Networks in the Transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus among People Who Inject Drugs
Presented by:
Sunil S. Solomon, MBBS, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University
Slides:
Disentangling the Role of Networks in the Transmission of HIV and HCV among PWID - Slides
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38o0tMoC7w
Friday, May 14, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. PST
Presentation title:
Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV PrEP: What We Know and What We Need To Know
Presented by:
Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA DGSOM and Co-Director, UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education
Slides:
Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV PrEP - Slides
Question & Answer: [Download not found]
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hPex-bCWU