Upcoming Event: NIH’s Dr. Fauci’s Talk

“Thirty Years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey”

Dr. Anthony Fauci

In his talk, Dr. Fauci will discuss the bleak early years of AIDS when none of his patients survived; the growing understanding that AIDS was not only affecting white gay men, but people of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations; the breakthrough discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS; the development of lifesaving antiretroviral medications; work with gay activist groups, Congress, and White House administrations throughout the epidemic; progress and continued research to find new ways to prevent HIV infection and, ultimately, a cure; and the many remaining challenges.

June 5, 2011 will mark 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. On Tuesday, May 31, at 2pm ET, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be giving a talk, “Thirty Years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey.”

We encourage you to watch a live video of the event at: http://videocast.nih.gov.

In addition, we hope you will share this message widely with your colleagues and friends. To learn more about this talk and additional events around 30 years of AIDS, please visit AIDS.gov.

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director