World AIDS Day, which is officially observed internationally on December 1 every year, is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in the fight against HIV. This year’s theme, Collective Action to Sustain and Accelerate Progress, aligns closely with WRAIR’s mission to protect defense health and global health through international collaboration and innovation.
MHRP Director COL Julie Ake and Dr. Sandhya Vasan, director of the HJF component of MHRP, conducted a fireside chat with Dr. Baden to share his perspectives on evolving opportunities and challenges in HIV research with an audience of clinicians, researchers, program staff and other stakeholders committed to ending the HIV epidemic. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Dr. Baden has been involved with HIV vaccine development for over 20 years, and he’s currently professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Vice President for Clinical Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Director of Infectious Diseases at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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