Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Since premature aging, observed in some people living with HIV, has been recognized as an important issue compromising the quality of life of this community, several researchers have worked to better understand the underlying causes of this phenomenon. Advances have been made identifying immune-inflammatory pathways, the role of viral reservoirs, as well as social and economic determinants of health. Around the world, several cohorts have been set up to characterize these determinants longitudinally and try to identify biomarkers predictive of disease or, eventually, treatment options. There is a need to join forces in order to increase the power to detect significant targets for intervention, and also to avoid duplicating efforts, and make sure that the participants involved contribute to this international effort. We propose to hold a symposium where representatives from the various international cohorts studying premature aging phenotypes and from the community will share their findings, and meet in order to elaborate a canvas for future collaborations.