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AIDS 2006 Prizes and Awards
The IAS supports three different conference prizes and awards, all of which are focused on recognizing excellence among young investigators (35 years of age or younger) and encouraging their professional development.
2006: IAS/ICRW Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS Research Prize
Penelope Campbell from Jamaica, for her abstract, “Baseline study informs establishment of a mobile unit providing HIV/AIDS/STI information, skills and services to vulnerable adolescents”.
2006: ANRS/IAS Prize
Dorothy Balaba, Uganda, for her abstract, “Building referral networks between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health system - a strategy to reach the underserved communities with comprehensive HIV services”.
Le Minh Giang, Vietnam, for his abstract, “HIV risks among young male migrants using heroin in Hanoi, Vietnam”.
2006: IAS Young Investigator Awards
Track A: Biology and Pathogenesis of HIV
Linos Vandekerckhove, Belgium, for his abstract, “The LEDGF-integrase interaction as a new target for ART”.
Track B: Clinical Research, Treatment and Care
Assane Diouf, Senegal, for his abstract, “Tuberculosis incidence and risk factors among adult patients receiving HAART in Senegal: a 7-year cohort study”.
Track C: Epidemiology, Prevention and Prevention Research
Sheri Weiser, USA, for her abstract, “Food insufficiency predicts high-risk sexual behavior among women but not men in Southern Africa”
Track D: Social, Behavioural and Economic Science
Gretchen Domek, USA, for her abstract, “The social consequences of antiretrovirals: preparing for the unexpected futures of HIV-positive children in South Africa”
Track E: Policy
Savy Bou, Cambodia, for her abstract, “Living again: supporting PLHA to lead the response to HIV”
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Additional information on these awards, including criteria, is available by contacting education@iasociety.org.
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