Avac Event

Been There, Did That – Research Reflections from CROI 2023

Thursday, March 23 at 10:00–11:30am ET

Speakers will include community leaders and researchers reflecting on the most interesting, consequential science presented at CROI 2023.

Co-moderated by Devan Nambiar, Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance and CROI 2023 Community Educator Scholar

Featured researcher:
Dr. Monica Gandhi, UCSF

Featured community speakers:
CROI 2023 Community Educator Scholars

Register here.

This webinar is a part of The Choice Agenda.

Margarita Breakfast Club Session 3: The Data Gap: Filling in the Missing Perspectives on Women and Children in HIV Research

Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00–8:00am PT

AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittees, European AIDS Treatment Group, and other partners hosted virtual Margarita Breakfast Clubs (MBCs) for the 2023 CROI meeting. Speaker details, recording, and resources for the third 2023 MBC below.

  • Moderator: Dawn Averitt, The Well Project, Women’s Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS
  • Speakers: Professor Lee Fairlie, WITS RHI, Imelda Mahaka, Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust, Jane Kabami, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration Uganda

Recording / Resources

Margarita Breakfast Club Session 2: Moving Forward: Upcoming Strategies on STI Prevention

Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00–8:00am PT

AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittees, European AIDS Treatment Group, and other partners hosted virtual Margarita Breakfast Clubs (MBCs) for the 2023 CROI meeting. Speaker details, recording, and resources for the second 2023 MBC below.

  • Moderator: Jim Pickett, AVAC
  • Speakers: Dr. Jean-Michel Molina, University of Paris Cité, Jonathan Ayala, NMAC, CROI Community Educator Scholar

Recording / Slides

Margarita Breakfast Club Session 1: Moving Forward: Upcoming Strategies on STI Prevention

Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00–8:00am PT

AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittees, European AIDS Treatment Group, and other partners hosted virtual Margarita Breakfast Clubs (MBCs) for the 2023 CROI meeting. Speaker details, recording, and resources for the second 2023 MBC below.

  • Moderator: Ntando Yola, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
  • Speakers: Dr. Susan Buchbinder, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Richard Jefferys, Treatment Action Group

Recording / Slides

Ready, Set, CROI 2023 – Prepare for the 30th Year of CROI

Monday, February 13, 2023

Featured CROI Community Liaisons, CROI 2023 program co-chairs, IAS-USA, AVAC, The Choice Agenda, and other community partners and researchers and designed to help CROI registrants prepare for this exciting, intense and sometimes overwhelming meeting.
Recording / Slides

Re: Draft Recommendation Statement and Draft Evidence Review: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection

AVAC submits comment and response to the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) Draft Recommendation statement for PrEP. The USPSTF recommended an “A” Grade for PrEP that includes CAB for PrEP.

HIV Vaccines: An introductory factsheet

This is an updated introductory two-page document that describes HIV vaccines research and reviews key developments in the field.

Biomedical HIV Prevention Research in 2022 and Beyond

This report provides a concise update on the full landscape of biomedical interventions: including PrEP products in the market and next-gen products in the pipeline—multipurpose products (MPTs), vaccines and broadly neutralizing antibodies.

Correlations between Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Initiations and Policies that Enable the Use of PrEP to Address HIV Globally

This article from PLoS Global Public Health presents the results of an analysis examining whether policies enabling broad PrEP eligibility, HIV self-testing, and lowered age of consent to HIV testing and treatment services are correlated with PrEP uptake.

Celebrating the Role of Communities: A focus on choice in HIV prevention

Presentation given by Rosemary Mburu, Executive Director of WACI Health, on World AIDS Day 2022 describing her organization and providing a short overview of the field.