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Speaker: Dr. David Ho
Date: Saturday,  January 26, 2008, 2:00 pm-4 pm


The Story of AIDS

 


 

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The Learned (Renwen) Society at China Institute presents a lecture by Dr. David D. Ho, the world-renowned AIDS researcher on January 26, 2008, 2-4 pm. The event is co-sponsored by the Greater China Initiative at the Business School of Columbia University and the Asia-Pacific Development Society of Columbia University.

In this video-illustrated lecture entitled The Story of AIDS, Dr. Ho will discuss the origin and the spread of AIDS, its current status in the world as a whole, in the U.S. and China in particular, remedies, current research and prospects. 

Dr. David Ho, M.D. is the founding Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute.  He is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University. 

Dr. Ho received his degrees from California Institute of Technology (1974) and Harvard Medical School (1978).  Subsequently, he did his clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine (1978-1982) and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (1982-1985), respectively.   

Dr. David Ho has been at the forefront of AIDS research for 26 years, publishing over 350 papers.  His elegant studies, beginning in 1994, unveiled the dynamic nature of HIV replication in vivo and revolutionized our basic understanding of this horrific disease (Nature 1995; Science 1996).  This knowledge led Dr. Ho to champion combination antiretroviral therapy (N. Engl. J. Med. 1995; Science 1996) that resulted in unprecedented control of HIV in patients (Nature 1997).  AIDS mortality in richer nations has declined 6-fold since 1996, and a massive international effort is now underway to bring such life-saving treatment to millions in the developing world.  Dr. Ho has been the major driving force behind this major medical breakthrough in what is arguably the worst plague in human history.  

Dr. Ho’s research team is now devoting considerable efforts to develop vaccines to halt the spread of the AIDS epidemic.  Furthermore, he is now heading up a consortium of Chinese and American organizations to help address the crisis of HIV/AIDS in China. 

Dr. Ho has received numerous honors and awards for his scientific accomplishments.  He is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates (including from Swarthmore, Tufts, Columbia, Tulane, University of Natal, and Tsinghua University).  He has been chosen as the commencement speaker at Caltech, MIT, and Harvard School of Public Health.  Additional accolades include the Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science & Technology, the Squibb Award, and the Hoechst Marion Roussel Award.  Dr. Ho has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Sinica (Republic of China), Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science in the United States.  He was recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame. 

Dr. Ho is also an honorary professor at Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University, and Fudan University.  He was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology.  He is a board member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation. 

Dr. Ho was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1996, and was the recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001.

Dr. Ho will give the lecture in English.

Admissions: $5
Free for Renwen members and Columbia University student (admitted with ID). For Columbia University students, pre-registration is required. Columbia University students please register with Dora at
jt2138@columbia.edu.

To purchase a ticket online, please press Buy Now (below)。  

Due to limited seats, tickets must be purchased in advance. To purchase over the phone, please call 212-744-8181, ext. 142。For inquiries, please email renwen@chinainstitute.org.

This event will be held at Columbia University. The location is:

Uris Hall 301  (Business School). Click here to see a map.

 

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