August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
Justin McArthur, M.B.B.S., MPH
Director of the Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Pathology, Medicine, and Epidemiology
Dr. Justin McArthur received his medical degree from Guys Hospital Medical School at the University of London. He then
completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. McArthur stayed with Johns
Hopkins to complete a residency in Neurology and to achieve his masters in public health.
Now a Professor of Neurology, Pathology, Medicine and Epidemiology, Dr. McArthur has become nationally and internationally
recognized for his work in the epidemiology and treatment of HIV infection, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological
infections and immune-mediated neurological disorders. He has been instrumental in the design and conduct of numerous
clinical trials for these disorders. He also developed a clinically-validated technique to use cutaneous nerves to study
sensory neuropathies, including those associated with chemotherapy, HIV, and diabetes.
Dr. McArthur is the Director of the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University, and is also the Director of the
Johns Hopkins/National Institute of Mental Health Research Center for Novel Therapeutics of HIV-associated Cognitive
Disorders. The Center is comprised of an experienced interdisciplinary research team who has pooled their talents to study
the nature of HIV-associated cognitive disorders. The aim is to translate discoveries of the pathophysiological mechanisms
into novel therapeutics.
APPLICATIONS DUE BY 3/26/2010
ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TUITION AND EXPENSES
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Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
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