International AIDS Society - IAS 2007 Prizes & Awards

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IAS 2007 Prizes & Awards

2007: ANRS/IAS Prize

Track A: HIV Basic Science
Dmytro Kovalskyy, Ukraine, for his abstract, “Development of small molecule inhibitors of HIV-1 Tat- protein phosphatase-1 interaction as a new anti-HIV-1 retroviral therapeutics”.

Track B: Clinical Research, Treatment and Care
Apollo Basenero, Uganda, for his abstract, “Inadequacy of clinical and immunological criteria in identifying virologic failure of 1st line ART: the Ugandan experience”.

Track C: Biomedical Prevention
Lu Yin, China, for her abstract, “Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C viruses among injection drug users in Southwestern China: a 3-year follow-up study”.

2007: IAS Young Investigator Awards

Track A: HIV Basic Science
Miranda Zoe Smith, Australia, for her abstract, “Vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells control reversion of SIV Gag immune escape mutants”.

Track B: Clinical Research, Treatment and Care
Marcello Pinti, Italy, for his abstract, “Upregulation of the mitochondrial PRSS15/LON during lipodistrophy: ex vivo and in vitro detection”.

Track C: Biomedical Prevention
Viviane D. Lima, Canada, for her abstract, “The impact of HAART on HIV transmission: the interplay of HIV-1 RNA plasma viral load, adherence and drug resistance over time”.

Track C: Biomedical Prevention
Biswajyoti Borkakoty, India, for his abstract, “Co-infection of HIV, HCV, HBV and the associated risk behaviors among injection drug users in two northeastern states of India”.