HIV/AIDS

Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRSC, FRCPath graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. After gaining his University of London PhD, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was later awarded his second doctorate (DSc), for his contribution to protein metabolism in health and disease. He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has Honorary Professorships at the University of Hull, and the University of Suffolk. Professor Preedy was the Founding Director and then long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Medicine. He carried out research when attached to the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London), The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA, and Germany. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books. Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson’s career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.

Section 1: Oxidative Stress and HIV/AIDs 1. Antioxidant status in HIV infection in different clinical conditions 2. Oxidative stress and TB-HIV co-infection 3. Dysfunctional HDL in relation to oxidative stress and HIV 4. Ageing with HIV and oxidative stress 5. Antioxidant in breast in HIV lactating mothers 6. Oxidative stress in HIV in relation to metals

Section 2: Antioxidants and HIV/AIDs 7. HIV and gender differences in diet: a focus on antioxidants 8. Nutritional knowledge in HIV-positive individuals in India 9. Antioxidants in HIV in Africa: supplements, local diet, and education 10. Gene delivery of antioxidant enzymes in HIV 11. Genistein as an antioxidant and use in HIV 12. Glutathione supplementation, antioxidant effects and HIV 13. Herbal remedy Plectranthus barbatus, antioxidant aspects and HIV 14. Methyl gallate as an antioxidant and HIV 15. Taurine and oxidative stress in HIV 16. Magnesium and HAART-mediated oxidative stress 17. Selenium Supplementation and Immune Restorative effects in HIV 18. Vitamin D, oxidative stress and the antiretroviral tenofovir 19. Vitamin E and testicular damage protection in highly active antiretroviral drugs (HAART) 20. Assessing Antioxidant Capacity of Dietary Components 21. Resources in HIV and Nutrition