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Presenter Profiles

Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, & Global Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Risha Irvin, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Director, Generation Tomorrow, Center for AIDS Research

Director, Sharing the Cure, Maryland Community Based Programs to Test and Cure Hepatitis C

Johns Hopkins University

Objectives: 

• Describe barriers to care in the hepatitis C care continuum
• Discuss interventions to improve the hepatitis C care continuuum
• Recall the initial work-up of a patient with chronic HCV infection

Steven Deeks, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of HIV, ID and Global Health, UCSF Department of Medicine at ZSFG

Objectives:

1. To discuss why a cure may be needed to stop the spread of HIV and to fully restore health to those already infected

Objectives:

a. To learn about HIV epidemiology in 2019

b. To learn about updates in HIV treatment and prevention

c. To discuss the AIDS response as “AIDS 2020” comes to the Bay Area

Provide input on the current NIH HIV research priorities and emerging scientific areas to be considered for support over the next 5 years.

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Donald Abrams, MD
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

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Katherine Grieco, DO
Medical Director,
HAVEN, East Berlin, CT

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Soraya Azari, MD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, & Global Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

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Albert Liu, MD, MPH
Bridge HIV, Population Health
San Francisco Department of Public Health