Upcoming Meetings of Interest

• MTN Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 22-24, 2008

• MTN Regional Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, September 8-11, 2008

Previous Meetings & Trainings

• May 2007 Laboratory Training (Cape Town, South Africa)

• September 2004 Central Investigators Meeting

• September 2004 Laboratory Training

• September 2004 Colposcopy Training

Laboratory Training May 2007 (MTN Regional Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa)

Presentations
Presentations are available in pdf format only, unless otherwise noted.  Click on the hyperlinked titles to view or download individual  presentations.  Presenters and authors retain copyright over these presentations and requests for use should be directed accordingly.

• pSMILE Interaction with Network Lab and Sites - Estelle Piwowar-Manning
• ProbeTec Troubleshooting - Lorna Rabe
• MTN MOP Introduction - Ratiya Pamela Kunjara Na Ayudhya
• Coagulation (MS Excel) - Estelle Piwowar-Manning
• Site Lab Presentations:
  • Durban: Chain of Custody - Rashika Maharaj
  • Blantyre: Hematology - Chifundo Chipungo
  • Lilongwe: Coagulation - Blessings Banda
  • Lusaka: ProbeTec - Physiwell Sikateyo
  • Harare: HIV Rapid and Western Blot - Agfa Mugutso
• HPTN/MTN Lab Manual Session - Yaw Agyei and Lebah Lugalia

Central Investigators Meeting 2004

Presentations
Presentations are available in pdf format only.  Click on the hyperlinked titles to view or download individual  presentations.  Presenters and authors retain copyright over these presentations and requests for use should be directed accordingly.

• Topical Microbicides to Prevent HIV Transmission: The View from the Mountaintop - Roberta Black

• Secrets of the Secret Garden: Why We Are Evaluating Vaginal Ecology in HPTN 035 - Sharon Hillier

• HPTN 035 Placebo - Albert Profy

• HPTN 035 Study Design - Salim Abdool Karim, Anne Coletti, Sharon Hillier

• HPTN 035 Study Design: Statistical Considerations - Benoît Robert Mâsse

• Participant Accrual: Timelines, Targets & Plans - Anne Coletti

• Study Eligibility Criteria - Kailazarid Gomez

• Details of the HPTN 035 Randomization: From Protocol to Product Distribution and Beyond - Cliff Kelly

• SCHARP HPTN 035 Data Management and Operations Update: From Protocol to Forms to Way Beyond - Corey Leburg

• Study Product Responsibilities for Non-Pharmacy Staff for HPTN 035 - Scharla Estep

• Product Use Management - Kailazarid Gomez

• Role and Function of the Investigator and On-site Clinical Team - Lydia Soto-Torres

• Role and Function of the HPTN 035 Protocol Safety Review Team - Missy Cianciola

• Adverse Event Reporting - Anne Coletti

• Participant Retention: Follow-up Plan, Retention Targets and Retention Plans - Anne Coletti

• Retention: Statistical Motivation - Benoît Robert Mâsse

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Laboratory Training 2004

• Central Laboratory Presentations

  • Laboratory Overview

  • Prob Tec - Lorna Rabe

  • Overview of Wet Preps and Gram stains - Lorna Rabe

  • Bloodborne Pathogens

  • Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection - Estelle Piwowar-Manning

  • Hematology, Chemistry, Coagulation: Helpful Hints

  • Laboratory Safety

  • Syphilis Testing: RPR and Confirmatory

  • Urinalysis for HPTN 035

  • Urine Pregnancy Test

• Site Presentations

  • JHU Project - Blantyre, Malawi

  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center - Moshi, Tanzania

    • Moshi Laboratory Video (Requires Windows Media Player) 

  • Medical Research Council - Durban, South Africa

  • National AIDS Research Institute - Pune, India

  • UNC Project - Lilongwe, Malawi

  • University of Pennsylvania & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA, USA

  • UZ-UCSF Collaborative Research Programme - Harare, Zimbabwe

• Site QC Presentations

  • JHU Project - Blantyre, Malawi

  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center - Moshi, Tanzania

  • National AIDS Research Institute - Pune, India

  • UNC Project - Lilongwe, Malawi

  • University of Pennsylvania & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA, USA

  • UZ-UCSF Collaborative Research Programme - Harare, Zimbabwe

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Colposcopy Training 2004

• Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Strategies

• Staging for Cervical Cancer

• Treatment Options for CIN

• Images

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