The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation in HIV Infection
Daniel Douek, MD, PhD*
Chief of Human Immunology Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
*(Note: Dr Douek appeared as a private citizen and his views expressed in this recording are not those of the US government.)
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Dr. Douek received his medical degree from the Universities of Oxford and London, and then a PhD in Immunology from the University of London. He is an internationally recognized authority on human immunology. His work on the roles of the thymus and of the gut in HIV infection has established new paradigms concerning the factors that determine HIV disease progression which have changed clinical practice and significantly contributed to efforts aimed at effective HIV vaccines and a cure for HIV infection. He was given the World AIDS Day award in 2007, the NIH Director’s Award in 2008 and was recognized as one of the world’s top 50 scientists by Scientific American in 2005. Dr Douek is Chief of the Human Immunology Section at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institutes of Health.
At the completion of this educational session, learners will:
- Understand the underlying causes of inflammation in HIV infection.
- Appreciate relationships between immune activation and the HIV reservoir.
- Know the effects of therapeutic intervention to modulate inflammation.
This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co, and ViiV Healthcare.
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