COMPREHENSIVE NEUROAIDS CENTER (cnac)

Current News and Events

The Second Quarterly CNAC City-Wide NeuroAIDS Symposium will be held on Monday, May 20 at 5:30 pm on the University of Pennsylvania campus in the School of Dental Medicine, 240 S. 40th St., room B13. The topic of discussion is “HIV and co-Morbidities of the CNS”. See below for the schedule of speakers.

Monday, May 20, 2013

• 5:30-6:00 Light Refreshments and Networking

• 6:00-6:30 David Metzger, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Director of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division
University of Pennsylvania

• 6:30-6:50 Yuri Persidsky, MD, PhD
  Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  Temple University School of Medicine

• 6:50-7:10 Michael Nonnemacher, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Assistant Director, Center for Molecular Virology and Neuroimmunology and Director, Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease
  Drexel University College of Medicine

• 7:10-7:30 Patrick Regan, PhD candidate
  Thesis Title: Regulation of µ-Opioid Receptor Alternative Splicing: The Role of ASF/SF2 and Implications in HIV Neuropathogenesis
  Temple University
  
  

For more information, please email: cnac@temple.edu

The first quarterly City-Wide NeuroAIDS Discussion Group took place on Monday, January 14, 2013 at Temple University’s Medical Education and Research Building. The topic of this first discussion group focused on "HIV and Aging" with a special key-note address by Dr. Avindra Nath, Clinical Director of the NINDS. There were presentations by experienced researchers Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD (University of Pennsylvania), Vanessa Pirrone, PhD (Drexel University), T. Dianne Langford, PhD (Temple University), and junior investigator Elizabeth Crowe, MD/PhD candidate (Drexel University).

The next City-Wide NeuroAIDS Discussion Group will take place at the University of Pennsylvania on May 20, 2013. Please check back for more information in the coming weeks, or contact Andrea Dwyer (andrea.dwyer@temple.edu).

Thank you to all who attended our first discussion group and we look forward to seeing you again!

NeuroAIDS Center, Department of Neuroscience. The goal of the series is to promote translational neuroscience at Temple University by providing residents from various clinical departments with current neuroscience research relevant to their medical specialty area, by showcasing basic science and translational studies performed in our laboratories. According to Dr. Kamel Khalili, Director of CNAC, “We offer opportunities for residents to connect with faculty who are dealing with timely subjects such as neurological disorders seen in AIDS and other illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease”.

George Smith, PhD, discusses rebuilding neuronal damage in the brain and spinal cord.

as a result. “This forum, and the collaborations it may spawn, will further enhance Temple’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences’ tradition of clinical and academic excellence,” said William Dubin, MD, Chairperson. “The department serves in a prominent role locally and nationally, and its psychiatry residency program is dedicated to clinical and academic excellence, ample research opportunities, and outstanding healthcare.”

For more information regarding Temple’s Department of Psychiatry, visit

http://www.temple.edu/medicine/departments_centers/clinical_

departments/psychiatry.htm