MIT Sloan Asian Business Club cordially invites you to an opening speech of the year:
IMPACT TO THE WORLD
HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
By Dr. David D. Ho
Director & CEO at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center ,
Irene Diamond Professor at Rockefeller University
Date: Monday, Sept 13, 2004
Location: E51-345
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Lunch will be provided
Jointly sponsored by BioPharma Business Club
Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1996, the recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001 – Dr. David D. Ho will share his perspectives on the global epidemic with particular focus on China and tell us what the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center is doing to contribute.
Please come to the opening luncheon speech of the year on Sept 13 th and broaden your thoughts into the diverse and serious issues in today's world as a future business leader.
About the Speaker
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David D. Ho, M.D. is the founding Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center , a world-renowned biomedical research institute. He is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University.
Dr. Ho received his degrees from California Institute of Technology (1974) and Harvard Medical School (1978). Subsequently, he did his clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at UCLA School of Medicine (1978-1982) and Massachusetts General Hospital (1982-1985), respectively. Dr. Ho has been actively engaged in AIDS research for 20 years, and has published over 250 papers on the subject. Among an impressive list of seminal contributions to the
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field, he is perhaps most recognized for the elucidation of the dynamic nature of HIV replication in infected persons. This basic understanding led Dr. Ho and his coworkers to champion combination antiretroviral therapy, including the use of protease inhibitors, that has resulted in dramatic reductions in AIDS-associated mortality in developed countries since 1996. Dr. Ho continues to pursue therapeutic studies that attempt to eradicate HIV. In addition, his research team is now devoting considerable efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of the AIDS epidemic.
Dr. Ho has received numerous honors and awards for his scientific accomplishments. He is the recipient of six honorary doctorates (including from Swarthmore, Tufts, Columbia , and University of Natal ). He has been chosen as the commencement speaker at Caltech, MIT, and Harvard School of Public Health. Additional accolades include the Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science & Technology, the Squibb Award, and the Hoechst Marion Roussel Award. Dr. Ho has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Sinica (Republic of China), Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine , National Academy of Science.
Dr. Ho is also an honorary professor at Peking Union Medical College , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wuhan University . Currently, he serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Ho was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1996, and was the recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001.
