Towards an HIV Cure: Canadian <-> Global Stakeholder’s Engagement Workshop
21 July 2015, 18h30 – 20h30
The International AIDS Society (IAS) Towards an HIV Cure initiative, together with our Canadian partners CANFAR, CIHR, CanCURE and CATIE aim to encourage community contribution from
the diverse Canadian populations invested in HIV cure research.
In partnership with: Sponsored by:
Towards an HIV Cure: Canadian <-> Global Stakeholder’s Engagement WorkshopVancouver
Overview of the IAS Towards an HIV Cure Initiative: Community Efforts and Looking Towards 2016
Towards an HIV Cure: Mission
Facilitate scientific discussion, exchange and collaboration to promote and accelerate research towards a cure for HIV
Provide leadership in advocating for increased investment and resource optimization in HIV cure research
Provide clear and accurate information and disseminate knowledge to the broader community
Initiative Organisation
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Cost-effectiveness Working Group
Psychosocial Studies Working Group
2014-2016 International Scientific Working Group
Ethics now integrated throughout the entire initiative
Advisory Board
Scientific Discussion, Exchange & Collaboration
Facilitate scientific discussion, exchange and
collaboration to promote and accelerate research towards
a cure for HIV
Global Scientific Strategy 2012
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The International AIDS Society scientific working group on HIV Cure. Towards an HIV cure: a global scientific strategy. Nature Rev. Immunol. 18 Jul 2012 (doi: 10.1038/nri.3262)
Global Scientific Strategy 2016
Formation of International Scientific Working Group:
Steering Committee:
Jintanat Ananworanich, US Military HIV Research Program
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Institut Pasteur / Inserm
Monsef Benkirane, Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS
Steven Deeks, UCSF
Sharon Lewin, The Doherty Institute
Anna Laura Ross, ANRS / IAS
Joseph Tucker, UNC China Project
Global Scientific Strategy 2016
Identification of sub-groups
1. Molecular biology of HIV latency and shock strategies;Chairs: Monsef Benkirane & David Margolis
2. Viral reservoirs, immunology of HIV persistence and kill strategies;Chairs: Steven Deeks & Daniel Douek
3. Models for HIV cure or sustainable remission;Chairs: Jintanat Ananworanich & Jeffrey Lifson
4. Gene/cell therapy;Chairs: Paula Cannon & Daniel Kuritzkes
5. Novel biomarkers and technologies to analyse/quantify HIV reservoirs;
Chairs: Sharon Lewin & John Mellors
6. Social sciences and health system preparedness.Chairs: Joseph Tucker & Ying-Ru Lo
Global Scientific Strategy 2016
Timeline Action point
February – June 2015 Circulation of subgroup draft documents, coordinate development within sub-groups
22 June 2015 Submit developed text per sub-group to IAS
20 July 2015 2nd plenary meeting of ISWG
July – October 2015 First draft of the Global Scientific Strategy
November 2015 – January 2016
Peer review process of the Global Scientific Strategy
Q1, 2016 Pre-final version of Global Scientific Strategy
February 2016 3rd plenary meeting of ISWG
March/April 2016 Preparation of publication
July 2016 Aim to have article published and launch of the Global Scientific Strategy in Durban (full recommendations prepared and final)
Working Group activities
• Industry Collaboration Group
Enhance dialogue and interaction between public and private sectors
• Common MTA for the use of ARVs in pre-clinical studies
• Diagnostic companies;
• Therapeutic vaccination/immune modulation;
• Eradicare database.
• Cost-effectiveness and Public Health Working Group
• Opinion piece on the role of mathematical modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis in the HIV cure research agenda.
• Psychosocial Studies Group
• Joined forces with the Cost-Effectiveness and Public Health WG to write a multi-disciplinary scientific agenda for HIV cure research article.
Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
2010: HIV Reservoirs Workshop, Vienna2012: HIV Cure Symposium, Washington DC2013: HIV Cure Symposium, Kuala Lumpur2014: HIV Cure Symposium, Melbourne, Australia
2015: HIV Cure Symposium, 18th-19th July, Vancouver, Canada
Investment in HIV cure research
Provide leadership in advocating for increased investment and resource optimization in HIV cure
research
Evaluating and monitoring Investment
Resource TrackingSurvey of global investment in HIV cure research and development in 2012, 2013 and 2014
In collaboration with
Knowledge dissemination and information sharing
Provide clear and accurate information and disseminate
knowledge to the broader community
Knowledge dissemination and information sharing
www.towardsanhivcure.org
Community Engagement
Community Scholarships for the annual Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
Call for Nominations for Community Representatives to ensure fair representation in working groups and throughout the initiative
HIV cure fact-sheet developed in collaboration with community members
Community engagement and training workshops (Washington DC, Chennai, Melbourne, Vancouver…)
We want to hear your ideas and suggestions!
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Acknowledgements
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www.towardsanhivcure.org