The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) and more than 30 U.S. and international collaborators are initiating intensive follow up studies on RV144 in an effort to find the correlates of protection.  Samples from RV144 are being distributed to laboratories around the world.  To read more about the planned RV144 research, please click here.
 
 

Claire Keeton of the Sunday Times (South Africa) blogged about lessons from recent HIV vaccine efficacy trials.  Below is her full report, which can be found here: http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hiv/2010/05/2

The UNAIDS Executive Director, Mr. Michel Sidibé, released a statement commemorating HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which said "the best hope of ending the AIDS epidemic lies in a safe and highly effective HIV vaccine."  The full statement is available below.

AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention released a statement to commemorate HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which states that "

To commemorate HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) released a statement thanking all those involved in the RV144 clinical trial in Thailand.  The full statement is available here.  

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) issued a statement on progress in the HIV vaccine field to commemorate HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.  The full statement is available below.

The Institute Pasteur Shangai, Chinese Academy of Sciences (http://english.shanghaipasteur.cas.cn/) is seeking outstanding Principal Investigators (the faculty position) to study the biology of HIV infection.  The full announcement is below.

The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise and the New York Academy of Sciences will present HIV/AIDS: Vaccines and Alternate Strategies for Treatment and Prevention, a daylong meeting at the New York Academy of Sciences on May 19, 2010.

The OCTAVE Project (Online Collaborative Training for AIDS Vaccine Evaluation) and the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, in collaboration with AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention and UNAIDS, are organizing an interactive workshop for Young and Early Career Investigators (YECIs). This workshop will focus on the process to engage community stakeholders in planning and conducting HIV biomedical prevention research.