By bluerasberry on 2011-05-19
On Wednesday May 11 we hosted a conference about HIV vaccination in Varanasi. The below is a video from the event, but I have it set to start at a theater and music portion of the event as most of the presentation is in Hindi. I got a notice about an HIV vaccine conference funding […]
Posted in HIV, presentation, research, work | Tagged vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-14
Nandan and I went to Delhi to attend Chandan’s wife’s wedding. She seems to think of many things relating to Varanasi as having the negative attributes associated with a rural place. The wedding had guns fired into the air as part of the celebration process. I talked with a lot of people there but did […]
Posted in education, health, India, research, tour | Tagged automaton, clinical research, school, vaccine, wedding
By bluerasberry on 2009-11-20
The fall conference for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network was here in Seattle November 16-18. This was my second time attending. Conferences like these really get me excited. Part of the fun is in meeting new people who have total expectation of basing a social relationship on the exchange of information. Sometimes I feel like […]
Posted in education, health, HIV, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged conference, HVTN, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2009-09-27
I enrolled in a two month weekly improv acting class and had the first session Wednesday September 23. It is organized by Jet City, who I sometimes go see perform at the Historic University Theater at 55th and University Way. I have been watching these folks since about 2003 when I remember seeing them do […]
Posted in non-profit, research, Seattle | Tagged Lifelong AIDS Alliance, prevention education, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2009-06-29
I spent Gay Pride this year at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center booth recruiting for people who might be interested in receiving an experimental HIV vaccine. The general criteria is that we are looking for people of all genders and sexual orientations who are between the ages of 18-50 and who are willing to […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged Gay Pride, HIV, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2008-11-23
This week I went to a conference for Fred Hutch’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). The network has been slow with bringing in new research for the past year because of the disappointing results in the STEP trial and the lack of funding in HIV issues which has been characteristic of the Bush administration. Time […]
Posted in health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference, HVTN, jargon, MedRest, microbicide, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2007-12-09
Last Tuesday I met with Michael Ninberg at the Hepatitis Education Project in the Maritime Building on Western between Madison and Marion. We talked for about two hours about hepatitis and public health and I think he will be a good resource in the future. I want to get all three websites up before the […]
Posted in drug, education, HIV, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged AIDS, Benares, clinical trial, education center, hepatitis, HIV, vaccine