Asst. Professor Alison A. Evans, ScD, was an invited panelist at a free symposium, "Combating HIV and Hepatitis B," on May 10 at the Library of Congress. The symposium was cybercast live at www.loc.gov.
Dr. Evans was joined at the conference by fellow health and medical experts from other universities and organizations from across the nation in addressing the challenges of developing an HIV vaccine and ensuring the eradication of Hepatitis B.
The program began at 9:00 AM on Thursday, May 10, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, DC. The experts focused on HIV in the morning and on Hepatitis B at 2:00 PM. For more information on the symposium please click here.
The symposium was timed to coincide with World AIDS Vaccine Day on May 18 and Hepatitis Awareness Week, May 7-11.
The symposium was held by The Kluge Center in partnership with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF), along with support from the Dana Foundation.
The symposium was organized by Raymond Dwek, Oxford University professor and head of the glycobiology department. Dwek is the holder of the Chair of Technology and Society at the Kluge Center.
In addition to Prof. Dwek, the full list of participants included:
- Seth Berkley, IAVI
- Timothy M. Block, HBF and Drexel College of Medicine
- Baruch S. Blumberg, Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Dennis Burton, Scripps Research Institute
- Paul F. Coleman, Abbott Laboratories
- Molly Conti, HBF
- Alison Evans, HBF and Drexel University School of Public Health
- Mary C. Kuhns, Abbott Laboratories
- Gary J. Nabel, National Institutes of Health
- David Thomas, Johns Hopkins University
- Bruce Walker, Harvard Medical School
- John Ward, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.