amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research

Scientific Advisory Committee

 Scientific Advisory Committee

Daniel C. Douek, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Chief, Human Immunology Section
Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Galit Alter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Deborah Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Microbiology
Boston University School of Medicine

Jintanat Ananworanich, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director for Therapeutics Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program

Warren A. Andiman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Yale Adoption Clinic
Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Care Program
Yale School of Medicine

Eric Arts, Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Western Ontario

Livio Azzoni, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, PA

 

Michael Betts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

 

Jason Brenchley, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Immunopathogenesis Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute

Salvatore T. Butera, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Scripps CHAVI-ID
The Scripps Research Institute

Edward Campbell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine
Loyola University at Chicago

Alex Carballo-Dieguez, Ph.D.
Co-Director and Senior Research Scientist
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University

Nicolas Chomont, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du CHUM

David B. Clifford, M.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine

C. Budd Colby, Ph.D.
Principal
Colby Biomedical Ventures

Grant Colfax, M.D.
Director
Marin Health and Human Services
San Rafael, California

Elizabeth Connick, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Arizona

Deborah Jean Cotton, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Bryan R. Cullen, Ph.D., D.Sc.
James B. Duke Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Director, Duke University Center for Virology
Duke University Medical Center

Susanna Cunningham-Rundles, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Research Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College

Richard Thomas D’Aquila, M.D.
The Howard Taylor Ricketts Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Northwestern HIV Translational Research Center
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Steven Deeks, M.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Sherry Deren, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research
New York University College of Nursing

Roger Detels, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles

Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D.
Director
Division of AIDS (DAIDS)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

D. Peter Drotman, M.D., M.P.H.
Editor in-Chief
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Anke A. Ehrhardt, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Gender, Sexuality, & Health
Program for the Study of LGBT Health
NYS Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University

Jacob Estes, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist/Principal Investigator
AIDS and Cancer Virus Program (ACVP)
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute

Homayoon Farzadegan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dianne M. Finkelstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health
Director of the Cancer Center Biostatics
Massachusetts General Hospital

Gerald Herbert Friedland, M.D.
Professor and Director
AIDS Care Program
Department of Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine

Rémi Fromentin, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du CHUM

 

Howard E. Gendelman, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Margaret R. Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Nancy L. Haigwood, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Scientist
Division of Pathobiology and Immunology
Oregon National Primate Research Center
Oregon Health and Science University

Timothy Henrich, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
University of California, San Francisco

Charles H. Hinkin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

David Ho, M.D.
Scientific Director, Chief Executive Officer
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

Thomas J. Hope, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Shiu-Lok Hu, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Washington

Jonathan Karn, Ph.D.
Director
Center for AIDS Research
Case Western Reserve University

Vineet KewalRamani, Ph.D.
Chief, Model Development Section
HIV Drug Resistance Program
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health

Hans-Peter Kiem, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Full Member, Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA

 

Scott Kitchen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Richard Kornbluth, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer
Multimeric Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Richard A. Koup, M.D.
Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center
Chief, Immunology Laboratory
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Nathaniel R. Landau, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology
New York University School of Medicine

Alan L. Landay, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Immunology and Microbiology
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Michael Lederman, M.D.
Scott R. Inkley Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for AIDS Research
Case Western Reserve University

Tun-Hou Lee, D.Sc.
Professor of Virology, Emeritus
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health

Michael J. Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, Davis

Robert J. Levine, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Chair of the Executive Committee of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Member, Community Research and Implementation Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Yale University

Sharon Lewin, FRACP, Ph.D.
Director
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
University of Melbourne

Mathias Lichterfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Immune Disease Institute
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

H. Kim Lyerly, M.D.
Professor in Surgery, Immunology, Pathology
George Barth Geller Chair of Cancer Research
Director of the Center of Applied Therapeutics
Duke Cancer Institute
Duke University Medical Center

Frank Maldarelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator
HIV DRP Host-Virus Interaction Branch
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health

David M. Margolis, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology
School of Medicine
Director, HIV Cure Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Martin H. Markowitz, M.D.
Professor and Clinical Director
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

Kenneth Hugh Mayer, M.D.
Infectious Disease Attending & Director of HIV
Prevention Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Research Director, Co-Chair
The Fenway Institute/Fenway Health

Joseph M. McCune, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Experimental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Donna Mildvan, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Jay A. Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health and Science University

Una O’Doherty, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Nancy Padian, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

Savita Pahwa, M.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor in Pediatrics and Medicine
Director of the Miami Center for AIDS Research
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Tristram G. Parslow, M.D., Ph.D.
William Patterson Timmie Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

Matija Peterlin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Lynn Pulliam, Ph.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Lee Ratner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine

Andrew Rice, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Charles Rinaldo, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
University of Pittsburgh

Ruth M. Ruprecht, M.D., Ph.D
Scientist, Department of Virology and Immunology
Southwest National Primate Research Center
Director, Texas Biomed AIDS Research Program
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Sarah Schlesinger, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation
Laboratory of Molecular Immunology
The Rockefeller University

Frederick A. Schmitt, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology and Behavioral Science
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
University of Kentucky

Gerald Schochetman, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Diagnostics Research
Abbott Laboratories

Robert Turner Schooley, M.D.
Academic Vice Chair
Professor and Head
Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Diego

Gail Skowron, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Serena Spudich, M.D., M.A.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Division Chief, Neurological Infections and Global Neurology
Department of Neurology
Yale School of Medicine

Leonidas Stamatatos, Ph.D.
Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Immunology and Vaccine Development Program
Seattle, WA

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Susana Valente, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Immunology and Microbial Sciences
The Scripps Research Institute

Barbara Visscher, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Epidemiology
Fielding School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles

David Vlahov PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
University of California, San Francisco

David J. Volsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Director of Molecular Virology Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals

Steven S. Witkin, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medical College

Peter R. Wolfe, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Steven Wolinsky, M.D.
Professor
Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Richard T. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology
IAVI Center for Neutralizing Antibodies
The Scripps Research Institute

Jerome Zack, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Updated: 9/2016