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The UK HIV and CNS Meeting has been running since 2014, bringing together specialists from across the UK and internationally.

Friday, 28th March 2025
Arundel House, 6 Temple Place, London WC2R 2PG
Programme
0845 - 0915Arrival and Coffee
0915 - 0930

Welcome

Alan Winston (Imperial, UK)

Session 1: Plenary Talks
0930 - 1000

Sleep Science and relevance to HIV

Malcolm von Schantz (Northumbria, UK)

Chair: Alan Winston, Alex Everitt

1000 - 1030

Effects of ART on the brain

Aylin Yilmaz (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Chair: Alan Winston, Alex Everitt

1030 - 1100Discussion
1100 - 1130Morning Coffee
Session 2: Case and Research Presentations
1130 - 1145

Pregnancy and Cryptococcal Meningitis

Tamzin Hull (King's College Hospital)

Chair: Jo Josh, Liz Hamlyn, Nick Davies

1145 - 1200

A Paradoxical IRIS

Maeve Barlow (Mortimer Market Centre)

Chair: Jo Josh, Liz Hamlyn, Nick Davies

1200 - 1215

Neuronal Biomarker Changes

Merle Henderson (Imperial College London)

Chair: Jo Josh, Liz Hamlyn, Nick Davies

1215 - 1245Discussion
1245 - 1400Lunch
Session 3: Plenary Talks
1400 - 1430

Clinical assessment of cognitive symptoms

Shibani Mukerji (Harvard Medical School, USA)

Chair: Jaime Vera, Monica Marta, Anton Pozniak

1430 - 1500

The Early Initiation of ART and impact on the CNS

Serena Spudich (Yale, USA)

Chair: Jaime Vera, Monica Marta, Anton Pozniak

1500 - 1530Discussion
1530 - 1545Afternoon Coffee
Session 4: Cases and Research Presentations
1545 - 1600

Blindness, deafness and pachymeningitis

Hao Wen Gerald Gan (King's College Hospital)

Chair: Memory Sachikonye, Simon Rackstraw, Hadi Manji

1600 - 1615

Disseminated MAC and Ophthalmoplegia

Niroshan Dayalan (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)

Chair: Memory Sachikonye, Simon Rackstraw, Hadi Manji

1615 - 1630

Addressing cognitive symptoms in people with HIV

Katie Alford (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)

Chair: Memory Sachikonye, Simon Rackstraw, Hadi Manji

1630 - 1700Discussion
1700+

Feedback, awards, summary and close

Alan Winston, Jo Josh, Memory Sachikonye