CIRA Talk: "Highlights from AIDS 2026"

OVERVIEW

AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, was held on July 26-31, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and virtually. The conference was attended by 7,500 individuals and centered on the theme "Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.” The meeting highlighted a stark paradox: powerful scientific innovations in long-acting prevention that clash with a severe global funding crisis.

Join us in a virtual CIRA Talk featuring AIDS 2026 abstracts presented by CIRA affiliates and selected sessions on innovative research covered at the conference. Each panelist will share a brief recap and reflections on their research presented at the conference, and exciting AIDS 2026 sessions they attended that are promising, innovative, and relevant to their respective HIV-related research and practice.

SPEAKER

• Tara McCrimmon, DrPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale School of Medicine
• David Oliveros Gomez, MPH, Research Manager, Yale School of Medicine
• Michael Virata, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Associate Professor Term, Yale School of Medicine / Program Director, Medicine, HIV Care and Prevention Program, Yale New Haven Hospital

MODERATOR

Luke Davis, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

Luke Davis is a pulmonary and critical care physician and clinical epidemiologist using implementation science to find, treat, and prevent tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, two of the leading cause of death due to infection worldwide. He teaches and mentors students and directs a graduate program on implementation science at the Yale School of Public Health. He is also involved in several international research training programs focused on implementation science. He is a Yale Medicine physician, and attends in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and the Winchester TB Clinic at Yale-New Haven Hospital, caring for patients and their families and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.