Chennai ART Symposium (CART) 2016
The symposium focuses on providing clinicians involved in managing HIV infection and HIV researchers – updates on the current concepts of antiretroviral therapy, newer drugs, their toxicities and resistance. In summary, the symposium helps put into perspective that HIV is now a chronic manageable disease; however issues of stigma and medical neglect continue to prevail With increased efforts to meet the WHO targets of reaching to zero, the India government has merged the Department of National AIDS Control Organisation with the Health Ministry, taking “minimum government, maximum governance” to HIV prevention; thus mainstreaming HIV healthcare programs into other health ministries and departments.
International Science Symposium on HIV & Infectious Diseases
In 2008, the laboratory initiated the first HIV Science Symposium in Chennai, co-sponsored by leading national and international research institutes. Each year, this symposium has grown to include an increasing number of national delegates from renowned universities and institutes; national and international presenters and delegates thus growing into an International Science Symposium in 2012.
Abstracts published in BMC Infectious Diseases (Impact Factor 2.83). The recent 2nd International Science Symposium, on HIV & Infectious Diseases (January 30-February 1, 2014) in Chennai registered 461 delegates (21 international). Accredited by Tamil Nadu Medical Council and Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University which provides CME credits to participants. International faculties (25) and national faculties (14): Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Dr. Jack Whitescarver, (Director, Office of AIDS Research National Institute of Health, USA, and Dr. Carl W. Dieffenbach, Director, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Health (NIH), USA.
Satellite Session on HIV Cure co-organized by IAS, Geneva
Satellite Symposium on “HIV Cure” was organised in conjunction with the HIV SCIENCE 2014 on 31st January 2014. Prof. Françoise (Institut Pasteur, France), Dr. Diana Finzi (NIH, USA), Dr. Asier Sáez-Cirión (Institut Pasteur, France) and Dr. Anna-Laura Ross (IAS, Geneva) presented and Dr. Jack Whitescarver and Prof. Solomon co-chaired.
Chennai ART Symposium (CART) 2014
In recent years, YRGCARE’s clinical research unit has developed several scientific networking initiatives, which serves to provide local expertise and young students with opportunities to stay up-to-date in the care and management of HIV. The 6th Chennai ART Symposium CART 2014 was held April 26-27, 2014 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The symposium addresses a range of topics on antiretroviral therapeutics and HIV co-infections with TB, HBV, HCV and HPV by an expert faculty of over 20 experts from various national and international academia. More than 225 physicians and researchers; ranging from governmental to non-governmental sectors participated.
The symposium focuses on providing clinicians involved in managing HIV infection and HIV researchers – updates on the current concepts of antiretroviral therapy, newer drugs, their toxicities and resistance. In summary, the symposium helps put into perspective that HIV is now a chronic manageable disease; however issues of stigma and medical neglect continue to prevail. With increased efforts to meet the WHO targets of reaching to zero, the India government has merged the Department of National AIDS Control Organisation with the Health Ministry, taking “minimum government, maximum governance” to HIV prevention; thus mainstreaming HIV healthcare programs into other health ministries and departments.
HIV/AIDS Nursing Symposium (HANS)
YRGCARE conducts “HANS” in association with the M.A. Chidambaram College of Nursing over the past few years at their premises within VHS Campus, Taramani. Various HIV patient management issues pertinent to the role of nurses and midwives are presented and discussed. Participants are mainly nursing students, nurses and other nursing personnel from local colleges and hospitals.
The YRGCARE Bioethics Symposium (TYBS)
YRGCARE organises ‘TYBS’ – The YRGCARE Bioethics Symposium”. Over the years, several collaborators have supported this initiative; the National Institute of Epidemiology, ICMR, Chennai, through the National Institutes of Health Project “Centrally coordinated Bioethics Education for India”, the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), ICMR, Chennai, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), Boston, USA. The symposium explores the pressing ethical issues in medical research involving human participants and provides for an interactive dialogue and sharing of experiences of national and international professionals with local researchers and students.
GCLP Workshop on International Standards, ISO15189:2012
YRGCARE regularly organizes Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) 3-day workshops within the city cosponsored by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi. The curriculum includes didactic lectures, interactive sessions, group exercises and case studies. This serves as an opportunity to professionals interested in patient care/health research, developing quality systems and in implementing comprehensive GCLP guidelines.
GCLP Workshop on International Standards, ISO 15189:2012
GCLP outline the principles and procedures to be followed by medical laboratories involved in patient care and/or clinical research so as to provide consistent, reproducible, auditable, and reliable laboratory results; which contribute to good patient care and promote a positive attitude toward testing from a patient’s perspective. This workshop is designed to offer comprehensive guidance for those who are implementing GCLP in their laboratories.
Organized by: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Chennai & Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
Dates: 23-25, March 2017
Venue: Harvard Auditorium, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
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Contact Info: Email: GCLP@yrgcare.org
Educational (Updates, Internships, Fellowship)
YRGCARE provides opportunities for learning and growth to its staff through quarterly updates on clinical, behavioural and laboratory discourses related to HIV and emerging issues. Additionally, it offers short term opportunities to national and international interns and fellowship programs to work with its clinical, laboratory and behavioural science teams.
Fogarty-Ellison International Clinical Research Training Fellowship
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Brown-TUFTS AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), awarded YRGCARE a twinning opportunity for clinical and public health graduate students from the United States and from YRGCARE. This program provides a one-year clinical research training opportunity for outstanding graduate level US students in health professions with a strong interest in international health and/or clinical research to work along with a young and promising researcher from YRGCARE. Several US and Indian awardees trained during this period.