[Program, International Conference on AIDS (12th: 1998: Geneva, Switzerland)]

TRACK C: Epidemiology & Public
Health
1. Frangoise Dubois-Arber, Switzerland
Specialised in Public Health and Prevention.
Currently with the Institute of Social and
Preventive Medicine in Lausanne and head of
the Evaluation Unit of the Swiss Government's
Program for the Prevention of AIDS. Member
of the European Union's Working Group on
Human Rights, HIV/AIDS & Discrimination.
Was responsible for the conception, coordination and evaluation of the Swiss Federal
Government's strategy for the prevention of
AIDS in Switzerland and until recently a
member of Swiss Federal Office of Public
Healths working group on 'Women & AIDS'.
2. Jean-Baptiste Brunet, France
Director of the European Centre for the
Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS, Saint
Maurice, France and founding member of the
French Study Group on AIDS. Coordinates
surveillance activities for HIV/AIDS in the
European region (48 countries) and conducts
epidemiological research programs and
evaluation studies of prevention activities on
HIV. Is the author or co-author of over 100
publications and has served on the editorial
boards of several scientific journals, including
AIDS and the Journal of AIDS. Served on the
organising committee of the 2nd International
Conference on AIDS in Paris and as co-chair
of Track C for the 10th International AIDS
Conference in Yokahama
3. Mabel Bianco, Argentina
Dr. Bianco is President of the Foundation for
Studies and Research on Women in Buenos
Aires. She is a medical doctor and an epidemiologist with a masters in public health.
Among other positions, Dr. Bianco has been
the coordinator of the Women, Health and
Development Program of the Argentinean
Ministry of Health, a member of the Executive
Committee of the Pan American Health
Organisation, Argentina's representative to the
Board of UNICEE She is currently a Board
member of the Latin American and the
Caribbean Women's Health Network, coordinator of the International AIDS Women's
Caucus of the International AIDS Society and
member of the Editorial Advisory Board of

'Reproductive Health Matters'. Dr Bianco was
also a member of the Track D Scientific
Program Committee for Vancouver and the
International Steering Committee of the 9th
International AIDS Conference.

TRACK D: Social Science: Research,
Policy & Action
1. Dominique Hausser, Switzerland
Specialised in AIDS prevention and public
health. From 1984 to 1991 was responsible for
the conception, co-ordination and synthesis of
the assessment program of the Swiss AIDS
Prevention Policy and from 1989 to 1995 was
the Director of the Swiss National Research
Program on the psycho-social aspects of AIDS.
Has also worked as a consultant to the WHO
Global Program on AIDS and published
extensively on the pyscho-social and cultural
aspects of HIV infection and prevention,
particularly relating to promotion of condom
use and harm reduction in HIV drug users.
2. Geeta Rao Gupta, India/USA
Geeta Rao Gupta is Vice-President of the
International Center for Research on Women,
working on the Center's reproductive health
project, including the 'Women and AIDS
Research Program'. Dr. Gupta has a Ph.D. in
social psychlogy from Bangalore University in
India and has over ten years of experience in
the fields of women's health and women in
development. She has authored several articles
on gender and reproductive health and helped
to develop a curriculum on women's health for
a graduate program at the Tata Institute of
Social Sciences in Bombay, India.
3. Aphichat Chamratrithirong, Thailand
Dr. Aphichat is an associate professor at
Mahidol University, Thailand. He is the
former Director of the Institute for Population
and Social Research. He has investigated HIV/
AIDS related sexual behaviour, socioeconomic impact and the efficacy of
prevention interventions. He has published
widely in the areas of reproductive health and
population. Dr. Aphichat has a Ph.D. in
sociology from Brown University and has
served on various international committees,
including WHO's Steering Committee for the
Task Force on Behavioural and Social
Determinants of Fertility Regulation. He leads
the HIV/Social Science review committee for
the Thai government and was a member of the
scientific committee of last year's AIDS in Asia
Conference in Chiang Mai.

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