URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

801 Massachusetts Ave, Crosstown rm 2128

 Boston, MA 02118

The objectives of the URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting are to bring together URBAN ARCH investigators, staff, and collaborators to do the following: 

• Update the Scientific Advisory Panel and receive feedback on progress and challenges
• Encourage synergy among components
• Generate ideas for collaboration with external investigators using URBAN ARCH data
• Engage trainees in HIV and alcohol research domestically and internationally 
  

8:30 - 9:00           Continental Breakfast 

9:15 - 9:30           Welcome and Introductions | Jeffrey Samet      

9:30 - 9:45           Next Phase of the NIAAA CHAART Initiative | Kendall Bryant

9:45 - 10:20         Boston ARCH Cohort - 4F Study | Richard Saitz

10:20 - 10:35       BREAK  

10:35 - 11:10       Russia ARCH Cohort - St PETER and ZINC | Matthew Freiberg

11:10 - 11:45       Uganda ARCH Cohort - ADEPTT | Judith Hahn

11:45 - 12:00       GROUP PHOTO 

12:00 - 1:00         LUNCH

12:30 - 1:30         A Health Economics Perspective on Research Related to Alcohol, Substance Use, and HIV | Bruce Schackman

1:30 - 1:45           BREAK  

1:45 - 2:00           Assessing Sex/Gender Differences in Risk Behaviors of HIV-infected PWID and Feasibility for PrEP in Russia ARCH | Jennifer Wagman 

2:00 - 2:15           Alcohol and Changes in Bone Formation and Resorption among People With HIV and Substance Dependence in Boston ARCH | Theresa Kim

2:15 - 2:30           HIV, Heavy Alcohol Use and Alterations in Adaptive Immunity: Investigating the Role of the Liver in Russia ARCH | Kaku So-Armah

2:30 - 2:45           Closing Remarks | Jeffrey Samet 

2:45 - 3:00           Adjourn Open Meeting / Transition to Closed Meeting 

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