National Scientific Meeting Will Address the Challenges of Adherence to HIV Therapies

Psychiatric Association, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Project WISE/Project
Inform, the AIDS Treatment Data Network, Abbott Laboratories, the NIH Office of
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the National Center for HIV, TB, and STD
Prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About the Forum for Collaborative IV Research
The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research (FCHR) is a project of the Center for
Health Policy Research at the George Washington University. FCHR is a coalition of
pharmaceutical companies, patient advocacy organizations, government agencies,
clinical researchers, and third-party payers- FCHR facilitates discussion to identify the
gaps and impediments to HIV clinical research, and catalyzes the participants to move
the research effort forward.
About the National Minoriy AIDS Council
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) was formed in 1987 to develop
leadership within communities of color to address issues of HIV infection. Today,
NMAC represents more than 3,000 groups serving communities affected by HIV
throughout the U.S. Its members are community-based organizations that deal with
AIDS on the front lines -- in hospitals and clinics, shelters and schools, storefronts and
streets. NMAC's goals are to lend visibility, leadership, educational messages and
materials, comprehensive technical assistance, and a powerful national voice to those
front line workers.
About the National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research
Established in 1988, the Office of AIDS Research, a component of the Office of
the Director of NIH, has primary responsibility for planning, coordinating, evaluating,
and funding all NIH AIDS research. The NIH AIDS Research Program supports basic
biomedical and clinical research to identify and develop new therapeutic drugs and
vaccines to prevent and treat HIV infection and its sequelae. NIH AIDS research is
conducted at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, NIH provides
support for AIDS research conduced at universities, medical schools, and other
institutions in the United States and abroad.
4

TOTAL P.05