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HIV in South East Europe -
A medical training for Turkish doctors and patient advocates
Istanbul, Turkey
24 - 26 September 2008
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“Bringing together HIV specialists
from the Balkan countries was an excellent idea. I believe that
this will be the first step of intense collaboration and hard work
for the benefit of HIV/AIDS patients in the future.”
Deniz Gökengin, Izmir, Turkey, (Belgrade
training, May 2007)
HIV in South East Europe -
An HIV medical training for Turkish doctors
and patient advocates with guests
from the Middle East and North Africa
24th and 25th September, Hotel Marmara, Istanbul,
Turkey
Doctor chairs: Drs Deniz Gökengin (Izmir) & Serhat Ünal (Ankara)
Patient advocate chairs: Arzu Kayki and Tekin Tutar (Pozitif Yaşam Derneği,
Istanbul), and Simon Collins (HIV i-Base, London)
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programme | trainers
 Sanjay
Bhagani, United Kingdom
Dr Bhagani is a Consultant Physician in Infectious
Diseases and HIV Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital. He has a
special interest in HIV/hepatitis co-infections and runs a large
multidisciplinary HIV/ hepatitis co-infection service at the Royal
Free Hospital. He has been involved in a study of viral relationships
and risk-factors for the recent epidemic of acute HCV in HIV-positive
gay men in the UK.
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 Simon
Collins, United Kingdom
Simon Collins is an HIV-positive treatment advocate,
and works at HIV i-Base, a non-profit organisation, based in London
and founded in April 2000. He is editor of HIV Treatment Bulletin,
a monthly review of latest research that is distributed to 5000
HIV doctors and other medical professionals in the UK. He also
edits a serious of non-technical copyright-free treatment guides
for HIV-positive people, some of which have been translated into
over 30 languages. All publications are available free and online
(www.i-Base.info).
He is involved in a wide range of community advisory boards that
develop active involvement of advocates in clinical trial design
and clinical guidelines and also runs treatment workshops with
HIV-positive support groups. i-Base also run a freephone treatment
information phoneline and information request service to ensure
patients have access to the latest information when making treatment
decisions about their healthcare.
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 Deniz
Gökengin, Turkey
Dr Deniz Gökengin is currently a member of
the academic staff in the Department of Infectious Diseases and
Clinical Microbiology in Istanbul. She is also General Secretary
of the Society for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Over the course of her career, she has held specialist positions
with expertise in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
as well as Experimental Surgery and Research. Dr. Gökengin
has also conducted numerous workshops and skills trainings on various
HIV-related issues and topics, including Clinical Examination and
Assessment, Peer Education and Trainers' Training, and Interactive
Training by Drama for Sexual and Reproductive Health. She is also
Member of the Advisory Board of the Positive Living Association
since 2005.
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 Mervyn
Tyrer, United Kingdom
Mervyn Tyrer is an Associate Specialist in the
Department of Infection and Immunity and a Clinical Assistant and
Research Fellow with the Department of HIV and Thoracic Medicine
at the Royal Free Hospital (London, UK) and supervises the outpatient
services of the Ian Charleson Day Centre. He also has training
and work experience in South Africa. He is liaison with the HIV
Research and Clinical Trials Centre and is co-investigator for
a number of clinical trials. His work also includes teaching of
junior doctors and academic supervision. He has co-authored a number
of journal articles.
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 Laura
Waters, United Kingdom
Dr Laura Waters is a Research Fellow at The St
Stephen’s Centre, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London,
UK. She recently completed her Specialist Registrar training in
Genitourinary Medicine at Chelsea & Westminster. Dr Waters
works on antiretroviral pharmacokinetic studies and works and a
variety of Phase 3 clinical trials. She is currently leading a
project assessing the utility of different viral load assays in
resource poor settings. Dr Waters has published several articles
in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of HIV- and GU-related topics
and has presented at national and international scientific conferences.
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 Serhat
Ünal, Turkey
Dr Ünal is Dean of the Faculty of Medicine,
head of the Department of Internal Medicine and a professor in
the Section of Infectious Diseases at Hacettepe University in Ankara,
Turkey. He trained in Turkey, the US and the UK. His fields of
research interest include the mechanisms of resistance to different
antibiotic groups in gram positive bacteria, the use molecular
biology techniques in diagnosis of infectious diseases, and HIV
infection. He participates in numerous national and international
scientific organizations and has authored numerous articles and
edited several books.
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 Mike
Youle, B Med Sci, MB ChB,
United Kingdom
After qualifying at Sheffield Medical School,
UK, Dr Mike Youle helped found the world-renowned Kobler Clinic
in London in 1986 as Clinical Trials Co-ordinator. Other than a
1-year stint working as a Consultant for the World Health Organization’s
Global Programme on AIDS and the National Programme on AIDS in
Kampala, Dr Youle has devoted most of his career to the clinical
care of HIV patients. Since 1996 he has been the Director of HIV
Clinical Research at London’s Royal Free Hospital as well
as an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health at its associated
medical school. His numerous professional activities currently
include a visiting professorship for Belgrade University and board/committee
memberships for organizations such as the International Association
of Physicians in AIDS Care, the British HIV Association and the
MANON Therapeutic Vaccine Programme. Dr Youle also serves as a
trustee of the Red Hot AIDS Charitable Trust and the National AIDS
Manual, as well as medical advisor to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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