IMMUNEQUITY: An equitable approach for curing HIV with Eric Arts, PhD

For Eric Arts, curing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not a question of how, but when. One of Canada’s leading researchers in combatting HIV joins host Patrick Morley to discuss an equitable approach to treating the roughly 40 million people living with the virus around the world. Arts also chats about his own in experience in treating HIV in Uganda, as well as the healthy future being promised by Western University’s upcoming Pathogen Research Centre. Eric Arts, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control and a Professor in Microbiology & Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Related Links: The Arts Lab: https://artslab.ca/ About IMMUNEQUITY: https://news.westernu.ca/2026/03/immu... About the Pathogen Research Centre: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london... Frugal Biomedical Innovations: https://www.eng.uwo.ca/frugal/index.html In the episode: 00:00 – Intro 0:31 – HIV in 2026 6:09 – Eric's journey to Uganda 12:39 – HIV funding challenges 14:26 – Treating HIV in Africa 16:16 – The challenge with treating HIV 21:00 – An equitable HIV cure 26:13 – About the Pathogen Research Centre Podcast Links Listen to The Catalysts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZNHbUk... Listen to The Catalysts on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Learn more about The Catalysts: https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/taylorpri... The Catalysts is produced by Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in association with the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine — one of Canada's most prestigious medical research prizes.