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| Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco, Dr. Dominic Chow, Gov. David Ige, Ms. Maya Barney, and Ms. Debra Ogata-Arakaki |
Friday, November 22, 2019
World AIDS Day Declaration at the Hawaii State Capitol
The Hawaii Center for AIDS, the Hawaii State Department of Health, and the Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center join the governor in November 22, 2019 at the World AIDS Day proclamation — calling for everyone to join hands to achieve zero stigma, zero AIDS-related deaths, and zero new infections in Hawaii.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Forward Thinkers Conference
Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco was invited by the Saint Luke’s Molecular Medicine Society and the University of the Philippines-Physician Scientists Association to talk about barriers to HIV cure at the third Forward Thinkers International Conference in Manila.
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Dr. Gangcuangco at St. Luke's College of Medicine, Quezon City, Philippines | Sept 28, 2019
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Dr. Gangcuangco and Prof. Shigeyuki Kano, President of the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
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Friday, September 27, 2019
Dolutegravir in the Philippines
Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco delivered a lecture at San Lazaro Hospital on advances in HIV treatment and prevention. One of the key topics discussed were integrase inhibitors, newer antiretroviral agents that are better tolerated than the current available regimens in the Philippines.
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| Dr Louie Mar Gangcuangco, Dr. Ana Risa Sayo (infectious disease), and Dr. Chris Smith (Asst. Prof, Nagasaki University-London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
Friday, August 9, 2019
The Hawaii Center for AIDS presented research works at the 10th International AIDS Society Conference in HIV Science held in Mexico City in July 2019.
Dr. Lishomwa Ndhlovu co-chaired a session at the HIV/Hepatitis B Cure symposium. He also presented a poster on methamphetamine use and T-cell exhaustion in HIV.
Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco with “The Berlin Patient,” Timothy Brown, the first patient cured of HIV.
Dr. Cecilia Shikuma, director of the Hawaii Center for AIDS, and Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco standing in front of the research poster on CD4 T-cell exhaustion and mitochondrial dysfunction.
Brooks Mitchell, PhD candidate, presented a poster on HIV reservoir and neurocognitive impairment.
Abstracts available at:
Sunday, June 30, 2019
28th Annual Honolulu AIDS Walk
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Scientific Publishing Seminar
Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco was invited by the Philippine Society for Medical Oncology and Merck Philippines to deliver a talk on scientific writing and publishing.
Dr. Gangcuangco is an HIV researcher for the Hawaii Center for AIDS and has published over 50 scientific abstracts and international peer-reviewed journal articles. He has served as a peer-reviewer for various journals, including The Lancet HIV, The British Medical Journal, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Expanding Research Collaborations with the Philippines
Dr. Gangcuangco delivered a lecture on HIV pathogenesis and chronic complications of HIV at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in November 29, 2018. The invitation was extended by Prof. Clowe Jondonero, Dean of the MSU-IIT College of Nursing as part of their international lecture series with the theme Advancing Nursing Practice in the 21st Century.
The lecture was attended by more than 200 nursing students, faculty members, and Dr. Franco Teves, Vice Chancellor for Research of MSU-IIT. Other guests include fellow Balik (returning) Scientists of the Department of Science and Technology, Prof. Arnie Alguno and Prof. Arnold Lubguban.
The Philippines is experiencing the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the western Pacific region, registering more than 1,000 new HIV cases per month. Research collaborations on HIV pathogenesis and prevention are warranted to help curb the epidemic.
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