Gladstone Institutes and QBI present the Infectious Diseases and Human Health Mini-Symposium Series, featuring the edition: "Sex Differences in Immunity and Diseases."

​​​​​Confirmed speakers:  

Marcus Altfeld (Professor in Immunology, Scientific Director, Leibniz Institute of Virology)

Stephanie Gaw (Associate Professor, OB/GYN, Reproductive Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine)

Barbara Panning (Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF School of Medicine)

Nadia Roan (Senior Investigator, Gladstone Infectious Disease Institute)

Xu Yu (Professor of Medicine, Ragon Institute of MGB, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School)

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AGENDA

1:30 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks

1:40 PM | Marcus Altfeld, MD, PhD – Sex Differences in Antiviral Immune Responses

2:10 PM | Nadia Roan, PhD – The Active HIV Reservoir in Women with HIV

2:40 PM | Xu Yu, MD – Sex Differences and Innate Immunity in HIV Reservoir Maintenance

3:10 PM | Networking Break & Refreshments

3:40 PM | Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD – Fetal Sex Differences in Cytokine Responses at the Maternal-fetal Interface After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

4:10 PM | Barbara Panning, PhD – Why Two Xs Are Sometimes Better Than One

4:40 PM | Closing Remarks