Previous Meetings

  • Friday, 30th September 2022
  • William Goodenough Large Common Room Goodenough College Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AB
Time Topic Speaker Institution Chair(s)
0845 – 0915 Arrival and Coffee
0915 – 0930 Welcome Alan Winston Imperial College London
0930 – 1015 Mental Health in Persons with HIV John Joska University of Cape Town, South Africa Nick Davies
1015 – 1100 Defining cognitive impairment in Persons with HIV Sam Nightingale University of Cape Town, South Africa Nick Davies
1100 – 1130 Morning Coffee
1130 – 1230 Morning case presentations
4 presentations; 15 mins each
Nashaba Matin
Niven Kaur
Merle Henderson
Danielle Chilton / Michael Newson
Barts Healthcare
Kings College Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
GSST/SLAM
Liz Hamlyn and Alex Everitt
1230 – 1300 Morning research presentations
2 presentations; 15 mins each
Arish Mudra Rakshasa -Loots
Katie Alford
University of Edinburgh
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Simon Rackstraw
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1445 An update on PML Paola Cinque San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy Hadi Manji
1445 – 1515 An update on cryptococcal meningitis Tom Harrison St. George’s Medical School Hadi Manji
1515 – 1600 Afternoon case presentations
3 presentations; 15 mins each
Varun Sethi
Salmaan Bholah
Simon Rackstraw
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Kings College Hospital
Barts Healthcare
Liz Hamlyn and Alex Everitt
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon research presentation
2 presentations; 15 mins each
Jasmini Alagaratnam
Merle Henderson
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Simon Rackstraw
1630 – 1645 Feedback, awards, summary and close Alan Winston, Simon Rackstraw
  • Friday, 29th March 2019
  • Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9LQ
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0900 – 0915 Arrival and Coffee
0915 – 0925 Welcome Alan Winston (Imperial, UK)
0925 – 1020 Cognitive disorders in PWH Serena Spudich (Yale, USA) Nick Davies
1020 – 1100 An update on PML Peter Fernandes (University of Edinburgh) Nick Davies
1100 – 1130 Coffee
1130 – 1215 Morning case presentations 3 cases; 15 minutes each
  • Kings College Hospital (Kate Flanagan)
  • Guys and St Thomas' (Naomi Fitzgerald and Raquel Catalao)
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (Aravindhan Baheerathan)
Liz Hamlyn and Alex Everitt
1215 – 1300 Morning research presentations 3 presentations; 15 minutes each
  • Jasmini Alagaratnam (Imperial College London)
  • Simon Rackstraw (Bart's/Mildmay)
  • Jonathan Underwood (Cardiff)
Hadi Manji and Simon Rackstraw
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1440 Vascular dementia Andrew Graham (Cambridge, UK) Anton Pozniak
1440 – 1500 Neuro-HIV from CROI Alan Winston and Serena Spudich Anton Pozniak
1500 – 1530 Afternoon research presentations 2 presentations; 15 minutes each
  • Borja Mora-Peris (Imperial College London)
  • Jaime Vera (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
Hadi Manji and Simon Rackstraw
1530 – 1550 Afternoon Coffee
1550 – 1620 Afternoon case presentations 2 cases; 15 minutes each
  • St. Mary's Hospital (Tamara Elliott)
  • Bart's/Mildmay (Terrence Chan)
Liz Hamlyn and Alex Everitt
1620 – 1630 Feedback
1630 – 1640 Awards, summary and close Simon Rackstraw (Mildmay, UK)
  • Friday 23rd March 2018
  • Chandos House, London W1G 9LQ
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0900 – 0920 Arrival and Coffee
0920 – 0930 Welcome Alan Winston (Imperial, UK)
0930 – 1015 CNS toxicities of modern ART Esteban Martinez (Barcelona, Spain) Alex Everitt
1015 – 1100 An update on non AIDS dementias Jonathan Schott (UCL, London) Alex Everitt
1100 – 1130 Coffee
1130 – 1215 Morning case Presentations (15 minutes each) (1) Francesca Ferretti (Kings College Hospital)
(2) Jaime Vera (Brighton)
(3) Bart’s and the London
Liz Hamlyn and Nick Davies
1215 – 1300 Morning research presentations (15 minutes each) (1) Sebastian Lucas (St. Thomas’); CD8 encephalitis
(2) Jonathan Underwood (Imperial); Defining cognitive impairment
(3) Michael Kopelman (Kings); Cognition and neuroimaging at 4 year follow-up
Hadi Manji and Alan Winston
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1445 CNS exposure of newer antiretroviral drugs Andrea Calcagno (Turin, Italy) Simon Rackstraw
1445 – 1505 An update on CSF escape Simon Rackstraw, Monica Marta and Alan Winston Simon Rackstraw
1505 – 1535 Afternoon research presentations: (15 minutes each) (4) Fareed Shiva (St. Mary’s); CSF findings in Syphilis
(5) Tristan Barber (CWH); Adding in maraviroc, does it help with HIV related CI?
Hadi Manji and Alan Winston
1535 – 1635 Afternoon case presentations: (15 minutes each) (4) Lauren Hookham (King’s College Hospital)
(5) Julia Bilinska (Guys and St Thomas’)
(6) Patricia McNamara (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)
(7) Hannah Pintilie (St. Mary’s Hospital)
Liz Hamlyn and Nick Davies
1635 – 1655 Awards, summary and close Simon Rackstraw (Mildmay, UK)
  • Friday 17th March 2017
  • Chandos House, London W1G 9LQ
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0900 – 0920 Arrival and Coffee
0920 – 0935 Welcome Alan Winston (Imperial, UK)
0935 – 1020 CSF HIV RNA escape Paola Cinque (Milan, Italy) Alan Winston
1020 – 1100 Case presentations 1. Kings College Case (Colin Ball)
2. Kings College Case (Killian Quinn)
Hadi Manji
Nick Davies
1100 – 1130 Coffee
1130 – 1200 Debate: should we screen for cognitive impairment For the motion: Sam Nightingale
Against the motion: Alan Winston
Simon Rackstraw
1200 – 1240 Research presentations 1. Brain-predicted ageing in treated HIV disease (James Cole for the COBRA cohort)
2. Retinal photography in PLWH and controls (Lewis Haddow, UCL)
Anton Pozniak
Alex Everitt
1240 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1405 CSF Biomarkers in the clinic Magnus Gisslen (Gothenburg Sweden) Simon Rackstraw
1405 – 1435 HIV cure and the CNS Sarah Fidler (Imperial, UK) Simon Rackstraw
1435 – 1515 Research presentations 3. Depression and cognitive function (Davide De Francesco for the POPPY cohort)
4. Defining cognitive impairment (Jonathan Underwood, Imperial)
Anton Pozniak
Alex Everitt
1515 – 1635 Case presentations 3. St. Thomas’ Case (Alex Mawell)
4. Bart’s Case (Monica’s team)
5. Chelsea and Westminster Case (Nick Davies)
6. Imperial Case (Jonathan Underwood)
Hadi Manji
Nick Davies
1635 – 1645 Awards, summary and close Simon Rackstraw (Bart’s, UK)
  • Friday 15th April 2016
  • Chandos House, London W1G 9LQ
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0900 – 0920 Registration
0920 – 0930 Welcome Alan Winston and Simon Rackstraw
0930 – 1000 Neuro-rehabilitation in HIV Simon Rackstraw Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1000 – 1030 Clinical Updates from 2015 and 2016 Conferences Alan Winston Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1100 – 1130 Coffee Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1130 – 1200 HIV and epilepsy Alex Everitt Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1200 – 1230 Peripheral Neuropathy and Pain in HIV Andrew Rice Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1230 – 1300 Other Neuropathies in HIV Carolyn Gabriel Anton Pozniak
Hadi Manji
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1430 Stroke and HIV Laura Benjamin Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
1430 – 1500 CNS Non-Human-Primate Models of HIV Debbie Ferguson Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
1500 – 1520 HIV Cure and the CNS Juan Tiraboschi Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
1520 – 1540 Neuroimaging older PLWH Jonathan Underwood Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
1540 – 1640 Case presentations Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
1640 – 1645 Close Sebastian Lucas
Nicholas Davies
  • Friday 20th March 2015
  • Chandos House, London W1G 9LQ
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0915 – 0930 Registration
0930 – 0945 Welcome Drs Alan Winston and Simon Rackstraw
0945 – 1015 Where are we with efavirenz and the CNS? Dr Alan Winston Dr Simon Rackstraw
1015 – 1045 Deep Sequencing CSF virus Dr William Tong Dr Simon Rackstraw
1045 – 1115 Cognitive function in effectively treated HIV-disease Dr Agnes Kocsis Dr Simon Rackstraw
1115 – 1145 Coffee break
1145 – 1245 Research presentations:
- HIV-infectivity models in the CNS (Dr Borja Mora-Peris)
- HIV, MS and antiretrovirals (Dr Monica Marta)
Dr Simon Rackstraw
Dr Alan Winston
1245 – 1345 Lunch
1345 – 1415 Neuroimaging in HIV disease Professor Rolf Jäger Dr Alex Everitt
Dr Nick Davies
1415 – 1500 An update on CD8 encephalitis Professor Sebastian Lucas Dr Alex Everitt
Dr Nick Davies
1500 – 1615 Case presentations Dr Alex Everitt
Dr Nick Davies
1615 – 1630 Summary of the day and plan for future meetings
  • Wednesday 22nd January 2014
  • Rothschild Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor Medical School Building, St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington
Time Topic Speaker Chair(s)
0930 - 0940 Welcome and introduction to meeting Drs Alan Winston and Simon Rackstraw
0940 - 1020 25 years of HIV and the CNS Dr Hadi Manji
1020 – 1100 Debate: The CPE score is of clinical relevance Dr Simon Rackstraw Against: Dr Alan Winston
1100 – 1200 Ongoing research in the UK and research brainstorming - Jaime Vera (Imperial): imaging of neuroinflammation
- Sam Nightingale (Liverpool): pharmacogenomics of ART in the CSF
- Other presentations and brainstorming on future collaborations
Dr Anton Pozniak
1200 – 1230 Service provision Overview of service provision for all attending including:
- The London service (Mildmay and Barts)
- The Chelsea service
- The Mary's service
- The Mortimer Market Centre service
Dr Alex Everitt
Dr Nick Davies
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1415 Neuropathogenesis of HIV in the CNS Professor Sebastian Lucas
1415 – 1530 Case presentations Presentations open to all and to include:
- Case St. Mary’s (PML IRIS)
- Case Mildmay (neuro-rehabilitation)
- Case CWH (HIVE opsoclonus ataxia)
- Case UCL
Processor Sebastian Lucas
Dr Hadi Manji
1530 – 1600 Summary of day and discussion on plans for future meetings / forums All