The Community Breakfast Clubs are virtual webinars coordinated by the CROI Community Liaisons, the European AIDS Treatment Group, AVAC, and their global collaborators. They feature researchers and advocates discussing some of the most consequential science being presented at CROI.

Session Recordings
Breaking New Ground: The latest advances in HIV cure
March 10, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the first virtual Community Breakfast Meeting (CBMs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Michael Louell, University of Washington-Seattle, Fred Hutch Center for AIDS research
Speakers
- Dr. Katie Bar, University of Pennsylvania, CROI Scientific Program Committee
- Dr. Marina Caskey, Rockerfeller University
- Dr. Steven Deeks, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
- Ms. Doreen Mora Moracha, HIV Cure Advocate- Kenya, CROI Community Educator Scholar
The End of AIDS — Near and Far? (40 Years of HIV)
March 11, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the second virtual Community Breakfast Clubs (CBCs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Grace Kumwenda, AVAC
Speakers:
- Dr. Chris Beyrer, Duke Global Health Institute
- Chilufya Kasanda, Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign – Zambia, CROI Community Educator Scholar
- Dr. Mitch Matoga, UNC, Malawi
Still Here! Living with HIV Long-Term
March 12, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the third and final virtual Community Breakfast Clubs (CBCs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Sean Hosein, European AIDS Treatment Group – Canada
Speakers:
- Kennedy Mupeli, Center for Youth of Hope – Botswana, CROI Community Educator Scholar
- Dr. Peter Hunt, University of California San Francisco, CROI Scientific Program Committee
- Dr. Laura Waters, The Mortimer Market Centre – London