VIDEO: Sharon L. Hillier, PhD, discusses updates to virtual CROI
In preparation for the second consecutive all-virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, organizers aimed to improve digital components of the meeting, said conference chair Sharon L. Hillier, PhD.
Last year’s meeting was abruptly converted to a virtual format because concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
“That experience — which was hair raising and very difficult — taught us that we needed to rethink the virtual format for this year’s CROI,” said Hillier, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
In this video, Hillier talks about improvements made to the meeting’s virtual format and the research developments that will be explored during CROI 2021.
“We look forward to a time when we can gather in person again and do real live networking,” Hillier said.
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