Accomplishments 2006/2007
Granted more than $40,000 in Clinical
Value to Patients qualifying for the Conant Foundation Grant Program for
Sculptra for Correction of Facial Lipoatrophy
Hosted Community Forum with Dr. Donald
Abrams on the Use of Medical Marijuana in March 2006
Published Newsletter in
Spring 2006 featuring three articles generated from previous Community
Forums. The articles cover "Growing Older with HIV", "What You Need To Know
About Sculptra" and a Report Back From The 3rd International AIDS
Society Meeting held in Rio, Brazil
Co-Sponsored with Dr.
John Compagno, Medical Director of West Coast Pathology Labs, a PAP Smear
Study on the detection of PCR for HPV, Chlamydia, GC, and HSV 1
& 2 in HIV Positive Patients
Co-Sponsored
The Rock Dogs Basketball Team in the 2006 International Gay Games in
Chicago, the Team won a gold medal
Relocated
The Conant Foundation Administrative Offices from 74 Hartford Street to 470
Castro Street, Suite 202 in San Francisco
Sponsored
the Preservation of Video Tapes and Other Media that captured many of the
Historical Events from throughout the 1980's on the heartbreaking early days
of the pandemic of AIDS into the American and Gay Culture as recorded by
Allen White
Donation of $1,000 to the
John Vasconcellos Project in February 2007
Sponsored and Co-Hosted
Community Forum on "Medical Marijuana Victory, Where Do We Go From Here"
with the San Francisco Medical Society, The ACLU Drug Law Reform Project and
the Marijuana Policy Project in March 2007. Dr. Abrams presented the results
of his recent study on Cannabis in Painful HIV-Associated Sensory
Neuropathy. Moderated by Marcus A. Conant, MD, with Guest Speaker Donald
Abrams, MD and Panel Discussions by Senator John Vasconcellos, Allen Hopper,
Esq., Senior Attorney, ACLU, and Bruce Mirken, Director Of Communications
for the Marijuana Policy Project
Sponsored
Research and Development of "AIDS In America" lecture given by Dr. Marcus A.
Conant at The XV Annual Optimal Management Conference in Florida in March
2007