Week
of Hope Events
May 10, 2008 - "Hope Springs
Eternal", a 5k Fun Run & Walk to Benefit the Hope Clinic,
at 9am in the Main Pavilion of Decatur Square. Download
the flyer.
May 12, 2008 - Gilead Treatment
Day at the Holiday Inn Decatur at 11am: 130 Clairemont Ave, Decatur
GA 30030. Topics include "Understanding Your Labs" and
"Helping you stay on top of your HIV - Atripla." Free
lunch. Please RSVP to Miguel Miranda via email at miguel.miranda@gilead.com
Free and open to the public.
May 12, 2008 - "The Normal
Heart" play reading from 8pm: Names Project AIDS Memorial
Quilt Building - 637 Hoke St NW Atlanta, GA 30318. "The Normal
Heart is a searing drama about the beginning of the AIDS epidemic
and the formation of the nation's first AIDS service organization.
Buy tickets.
May 14, 2008 - "There's
Hope In Our Soul" symposium from 9am until 2pm: Hopewell
Baptist Church - 182 Hunter Street Norcross GA 30071. Free and
open to the public. Download
the flyer.
May 15, 2008 - Film premiere
of AIDS Chronicles: Here to Represent. from 7pm at SisterLove
Inc Mother House - 1237 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta,
GA 30310. The documentary film features a number of stories that
give insight into the reasons why HIV/AIDS is still a major threat
to the black population of urban centers nationwide. Free and
open to the public.
May 17-18, 2008 - Action Cycling
200. Riders will cycle from Atlanta to Athens and back to raise
money for the Emory Vaccine Center and the Hope Clinic! For more
information, visit Action
Cycling Atlanta
Press Releases:
21 Apr 2008
Emory
Vaccine Center Events Highlight "Week of Hope" in Atlanta
The Emory Vaccine Center will host events in support of international
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, in cooperation with Action
Cycling Atlanta, the NAMES Project Foundation/AIDS Memorial Quilt,
S...
FULL STORY
25 Mar 2008
Atlanta
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Honors Hope Clinic with "Guardian
Angel" Award
The Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (AGLCC) has presented
the Hope Clinic of the ... FULL
STORY
21 Dec 2007
Information Regarding Trials using the MRK Ad5 gag/pol/nef Vaccine:
read the press release HERE
(web)
07 Nov 2007
Data from STEP Study Presented at Open Scientific Session Confirm
Merck's Investigational Vaccine Was Not Effective: read the Merck
press release HERE
(in pdf format)
06 Nov 2007
NIH
Awards Emory $23.7 M as New National Vaccine & Treatment Evaluation
Unit
Emory University and its physician/scientists will play a leading
national role in evaluating promising new vaccines and therapies
for infectious diseases ...
FULL STORY
23 Oct 2007
Update on the STEP and Phambili HIV vaccine trials: read the press
release HERE.
(pdf)
21 Sept 2007
Vaccination and Enrollment Are Discontinued in Phase
II Trials of Merck's Investigational HIV Vaccine Candidate: Official
Merck Press Release: HERE
(pdf )
01 Aug 2007
Emory
Center for AIDS Research Awarded $8 Million from National Institutes
of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Emory
Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) nearly $8.5 million in a five-year
grant that includes renewal of Emory's designation as an NIH CFAR
site... FULL
STORY
15 May 2007
Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events Highlight HIV Vaccine
Weekend
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host events in
support of international HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18. This
year the Atlanta activities will span the weekend, including a
5K fun ... FULL
STORY
14 May 2007
"Hope Springs Eternal" 5K Benefits AIDS Vaccine Research & Education
at Emory
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host its fourth
annual Hope Springs Eternal 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, May 19,
2007. The race will begin at 9 a.m. in the Main Pavilion in Decatur
S... FULL
STORY
03 May 2007
Action Cycling 200 Bike Race, May 19-20, Raises Funds for AIDS Vaccine
Research
Cycling enthusiasts are invited to help create a world without AIDS
by pedaling for a purpose May 19-20 to raise money for AIDS vaccine
research at the ... FULL
STORY
30 Apr 2007
Walter Orenstein Receives Merieux Award for Lifetime Achievement
in Vaccines
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) has presented
Walter A. Orenstein, MD, associate director of the Emory Vaccine
Center, th... FULL
STORY
12 Mar 2007
NIH Selects Emory HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Unit as Primary National
Network
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has designated Emory University's
HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) as a primary site nationally
in both the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and the HIV Vac...
FULL
STORY
09 Jan 2007
HIV
Vaccine Study Nears Enrollment Limit at Emory's Hope Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center today announced that
the Step Study, a multicenter international study of an HIV vaccine
developed by Merck and Co., Inc., has successfully enrolled more
th... FULL
STORY
28 Aug 2006
Emory's Hope Clinic Presents Riveting Film about Man's Triumphant
Life
An inspirational, emotionally gripping story of one man's survival
and transformation in the face of AIDS will soon hit the screen
at Emory University. The documentary film, "White Shadows," will
make... FULL
STORY
10 Aug 2006
Vaccine
Leader Named Executive Director of Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center has appointed Mark J.
Mulligan, MD, an internationally recognized leader in vaccine clinical
trials, as Executive Director. Dr. Mulligan will also serve as....
FULL
STORY
28 Jul 2006
Gates
Foundation Awards Emory University Scientists $4.5 Million For HIV
Vaccine Research
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Emory University
vaccine researchers Rafi Ahmed, PhD, and Bali Pulendran, PhD, approximately
$4.5 million as part of the Gates Collaboration for AIDS Va... FULL
STORY
13 Jun 2006
Cross-Country
Bicycle 'Yes Ride' Will Benefit the Emory Vaccine Center
A group of college students are saying "yes" to their
favorite humanitarian organizations and traveling across the United
States on bicycles in an effort to end global poverty and suffering
in the word... FULL
STORY
25 May 2006
Public
Broadcasting Features Emory Experts In 25th Anniversary of AIDS
Coverage
Emory University HIV/AIDS experts are playing leading roles in Georgia
Public Broadcasting's (GPB) programming related to the 25th anniversary
of the first diagnosed case of AIDS. GPB, along with... FULL
STORY
11 May 2006
Action
Cycling 200 Bike Ride Benefits AIDS Vaccine Research at Emory Vaccine
Center
A group of cycling enthusiasts will pedal for a purpose May 20-21
in a 200-mile ride from Atlanta to Athens and back to raise money
for AIDS vaccine research... FULL
STORY
10 May 2006
Emory
Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events Highlight HIV Vaccine Awareness
Weekend
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center invites Atlantans to
a series of events in support of international HIV Vaccine Awareness
Day, May 18... FULL
STORY
10 May 2006
Hope
Springs Eternal 5K Benefits AIDS Research at Emory Vaccine Center
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host its third
annual Hope Springs Eternal 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, May 20,
2006... FULL
STORY
14 Apr 2006
New
Clinical Trial Begins for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Developed at Emory and
GeoVax
A new human clinical trial will begin this month at several sites
around the country testing both components of an HIV/AIDS vaccine...
FULL
STORY
26 Jan 2006
Grant
Will Help Scientists Improve Vaccine Strategies for Transplant Recipients
Scientists at Emory University will use a $10 million grant from
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new strategies
for vaccination... FULL
STORY
25 Jan 2006
Emory's
Hope Clinic Seeks More At-Risk Volunteers for HIV Vaccine Study
Results of a Phase I national clinical trial of an HIV vaccine are
even better than expected, leading study organizers to seek more
volunteer participants for a follow-up study of the vaccine... FULL
STORY
10 Jan 2005
Emory
Gynecologist Says Vaccine Will Help Protect Women Against Cervical
Cancer
The results of a major clinical trial involving 12,167 women shows
Gardasil, a genetically-engineered vaccine by Merck & Co., was
100 percent effective in preventing persistent infection with the
two major strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV)... FULL
STORY
9 Jun 2005
Emory's
Hope Clinic Seeks At-Risk Individuals for Investigational HIV Vaccine
Trial
Individuals who are not infected with the HIV virus but who may
be at risk of infection because of sexual or drug-related behaviors
may be eligible to participate in a new Atlanta trial of an investigational
HIV vaccine... FULL
STORY
10 May 2005
Fragile
U.S. Vaccine System Needs Improvement Despite Dramatic Gains in
Health
A comprehensive system of vaccine development in the U.S. resulted
in a reduction of 87 to more than 99 percent in illness from ten
vaccine-preventable diseases... FULL
STORY
26 Apr 2005
Action
Cycling 200: Cycle Through Georgia, Carry Message of AIDS Research
to State
The third annual Action Cycling 200 ride is May 21-22. Sponsored
by Action Cycling Atlanta (ACA), this bicycle ride between Atlanta
and Athens, Ga. will benefit the Emory Vaccine Center and AIDS Athens
in their work to develop an AIDS vaccine... FULL
STORY
22 Apr 2005
Emory
Holds National Conference on HIV Vaccine and Drug Research
A two-day conference at Emory University will assemble key scientific
leaders from the fields of HIV vaccine research and HIV drug development
to "bridge the gap" in knowledge about the prevention
and treatment of HIV... FULL
STORY
13 Apr 2005
"Hope
Springs Eternal" 5K Will Benefit AIDS Research at Emory's Hope
Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host its second
annual Hope Springs Eternal 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 16,
2005... FULL
STORY
17 Mar 2005
Emory
Study: Invasive Pneumonia Dropped Following Introduction of Childhood
Vaccine
The problem of increasing antibiotic resistance in cases of Streptococcus
pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, was
dramatically reversed following the licensing and use of a new conjugate
vaccine... FULL
STORY
Articles About The Hope
Clinic
June 2006
25 years after AIDS emerged, Emory continues
vaccine fight. Atlanta Journal-Constitution - June 5, 2006,
M.A.J. McKenna
May 2006
Atlanta home to HIV vaccine testing,
research. Southern Voice - May 12, 2006, Eric Ervin.
April 2006
Human trials near for new HIV vaccine
developed in Atlanta - April, 28, 2006. Southern Voice
>> Read
Article
Can Emory Cure AIDS? "Million Dollar
Monkeys." The Sunday Paper. - April 23-29, 2006, (p.21),
Stephanie Ramage.
March 2006
RIP
HIV. David Atlanta Magazine - March 9, 2006, Ryan Lee.
September
2002
AIDS Vaccine Focus Shifts to Human Trials. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Sunday, September 15, 2002, David Wahlberg.
A Shot at AIDS History. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Sunday, September 15, 2002, David Wahlberg.
April 2002
Optimism
at AIDS Vaccine Meeting - WebMD Medical
News, April 22, 2002, Daniel DeNoon.
Hope Clinic dedicated in Decatur - The Emory Report,
April 29, 2002, Michael Terrazas.
'New "Hope" for Vaccines' - The Dean's Letter (Emory University
School of Medicine)
January 2002
Making a Healthy Contribution; AIDS-Free Volunteers Testing
Immunity-Boosting Drugs. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(01.10.02) - Friday, January 11, 2002, Karen Hill.
August 2001
VRC Raises New Hope. Emory Report - August 27,
2001, Poul Olson.
June
2001
Engine for medical advances: AIDS research driving developments
in therapies for other diseases. CNN, Carol Clark.
Television
August 2003
The Hope Clinic will be featured on the Discovery Health Channel's
program "Trials for Life" on August 1st at 8 pm (with
repeat airings on August 1 at 11 pm, August 3 at 3 pm, and August
4 at 3 am).
Synopsis
of story: Before any new drug or therapy is approved
for use, it must pass rigorous clinical trials on human volunteers.
Explore the science behind new treatments, and the volunteers' motivations
through following clinical trials to stop cancer, AIDS and obesity.
November-December 2002
The Hope for Humanity exhibit was featured on CNN International
(December 1, 2002 - World AIDS Day); FOX 5 News and NBC National
Affiliates (November 27, 2002 - December 1, 2002)
April
2002
Vaccine research center opens at Emory - WSB/TV Channel
2 Action News, April 25, 2002, Diana Davis.
New Emory Vaccine Center - WGCL
TV (CBS Atlanta) - April Nelson reporting - April 24, 2002.
Radio
November 2002
Hope
for Humanity - WABE FM 90.1 Public Radio, Ted Vigodsky - November
2002.
May
2002
A Beacon
Called "Hope" in the Heart of Decatur: A Discussion with Dr. Mark
Feinberg and Dr. Rafi Ahmed. Science in Your Life - WABE FM
90.1 Public Radio, Ted Vigodsky - May 2002.
March 2001
The Hunt for an HIV Vaccine - Dr. Mark Feinberg, Hastening
the Arrival of an HIV Vaccine. Science in Your Life - WABE FM
90.1 Public Radio - March 2001.
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