Health Sciences Communications
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Release date: Nov. 8, 999
Contact: Holly Korshum, 404-727-5686.

AIDS: Where Did It Come From? Where Is It Going? How Will It End?

Prominent AIDS Researcher Mark Feinberg Will Discuss the Origins of HIV, the Spread of the Epidemic and the Search for a Vaccine at Emory's Next Great Teachers Lecture

Approximately 40 million people throughout the world are now infected with HIV, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with 16,000 new infections occurring every day. Whereas 20 years ago it was an unknown disease, it is estimated that more than 2.5 million people died in 1998 as a result of HIV, making it the leading single cause of death due to an infectious disease, surpassing malaria and tuberculosis.

Emory immunologist Mark Feinberg, associate director of the Emory/Atlanta Center for AIDS Research, has been a national leader in HIV research since the earliest days of the epidemic. As part of Emory University's 1999-2000 Great Teachers Lecture Series, he will discuss the origins of HIV, the spread of the AIDS epidemic and the urgent need for a vaccine. The lecture will take place Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Emory's Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta. It is free, open to the public and does not require reservations. Parking is available in the Fishburne Parking Deck on campus at 1671 North Decatur Rd. For further information, call 404-727-5686.

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