Grant: Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Infection and Immunity

This meeting will provide HIV/AIDS care physicians, organ transplantation specialists, other HIV care providers, researchers, ethicists, decision makers and HIV community members an opportunity to discuss issues associated with HIV/AIDS and liver transplantation. Knowledge exchanged will focus on a metanalysis and systematic review of liver transplantation in HIV conducted by the lead investigators. This meeting will provide opportunities for peer to peer information exchange with the goal of achieving clarity regarding the science and policy of liver transplantation in those living with HIV/AIDS in Canada. This proposed meeting is relevant to the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative as it addresses therapy for HIV/AIDS infected Canadians, and Liver Transplantation in HIV as a global health challenge. The outcome of this research and knowledge dissemination will affect health systems, services and policy as access to this procedure is made available to Canadians with HIV. In addition, this research is related to HCV/HIV co-infection which is a CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative priority.