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The Princeton AIDS Initiative, the Woodrow Wilson School's Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Department of Molecular Biology will host the symposium "Rallying the Research for Response: HIV/AIDS at the Nexus of Science & Public Policy," on Friday, April 14, starting at 9:30 a.m. in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus.

The symposium will bring together distinguished scientists and policymakers to assess the current state of basic and population science research, to project future directions in these disciplines, and to discuss implications for prevention, treatment, and care programs at the national, regional, and global levels.

Opening remarks will be made by Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman, followed by an introductory session on the lifecycle of the HIV virus and panel discussion entitled, "Boosting the body's defenders: basic science, research and clinical practices involving anti-HIV drugs," which will examine anti-HIV drugs and the challenges of treating pediatric AIDS.

An afternoon panel entitled, "Building the body's gatekeepers: population research and policy implications involving circumcision, microbicides and vaccines," will explore topics related to population research, and policy implications of circumcision, microbicides, and vaccines.

Dr. Robert Gallo, Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Director of the Basic Science Division and co-discoverer of HIV, will deliver the keynote address and provide a historical and current overview of HIV/AIDS research.

Panelists will include Anna Marie Skalka, Senior Member and Scientific Director of the Basic Science Division at Fox Chase Cancer Center; Derya Unutmaz, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University; Elaine Abrams, Director of the MTCT Plus Program at Columbia University; Stephen Moses, Professor in the Departments of Medical Microbiology and Medicine, and Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba and Polly Harrison, Director of the Alliance of Microbicide Development.