AIDS Research Advisory Committee

Chairperson

Elaine Abrams, M.D.
Professor, Epidemiology and Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Email: eja1@cumc.columbia.edu

Member

Richard T. D’Aquila, M.D.
Associate Vice-President for Research, Northwestern University
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Feinberg School of Medicine
The Howard Taylor Ricketts Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute
Email: richard.daquila@northwestern.edu

Ad Hoc Members

Cynthia A. Derdeyn, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington
Email: cderde@uw.edu

Reuben S. Harris, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry & Structural Biology
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Email: rsh@uthscsa.edu

Louis Shackelford, MPH
Director of External Relations
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) & COVID-19
Prevention Network (CoVPN)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Email: lshackel@fredhutch.org

NIAID Advisory Council Liaisons

Monica Gandhi, M.D., MPH*
(NIAID Council AIDS Subcommittee)
Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine
Director, UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Medical Director, “Ward 86” HIV Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital
Email: monica.gandhi@ucsf.edu

Paul Goepfert, M.D.*
(NIAID Council AIDS Subcommittee)
Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic (AVRC)
Email: pgoepfert@uabmc.edu

Keith R. Jerome, M.D., Ph.D.
(NIAID Council AIDS Subcommittee)
Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor and Head, Virology Division
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington
Email: kjerome@fredhutch.org

Audrey Pettifor, Ph.D., MPH*
(NIAID Council AIDS Subcommittee)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Email: apettif@email.unc.edu

Ex-Officio Members

Diana Finzi, Ph.D., MPH
Acting Associate Director for AIDS Research and
Acting Director, Office of AIDS Research/NIH
Email: Diana.Finzi@nih.gov

Henry Masur, M.D.
Chief, Critical Care Medicine
NIH Clinical Center
Email: hmasur@cc.nih.gov

Robyn Neblett Fanfair, M.D., MPH (CDC Ex-Officio)
CAPT, USPHS
Director, Division of HIV Prevention
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Email: iyo5@cdc.gov

Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council Liaison

Anne Neilan, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Pediatrics and Assistant in Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital
Email: aneilan@mgh.harvard.edu

*Term administratively extended to April 28, 2024.

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