Our People
Program Directors
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Emory University School of Medicine
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Associate Division Chief for Basic/Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Departments of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and International Health
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Chair, IMPAACT HIV Cure Scientific Committee
RF Directors and Associate Directors
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Johns Hopkins University
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University of Massachusetts
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Stellenbosch University
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Mass General Hospital
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UF Scripps Biomedical Research
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Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
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University of Oxford
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University of Miami
Program Management Team
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Emory University School of Medicine
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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AVAC
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research Team
Johns Hopkins University
|Research Associate FacultyJohns Hopkins University
|Assistant ProfessorOregon Health & Science University
|Research Associate ProfessorUniversity of the Witwatersrand
|Head, Perinatal HIV Research UnitUniversity of Witwatersrand
National Institute of Communicable Diseases
University of Colorado
|ProfessorJohns Hopkins University
|Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania
|ProfessorWeill Cornell Medicine
|Professor of PediatricsAfrican Health Research Institute
|FacultyJohns Hopkins University
|ProfessorUniversity of South Florida
|Assistant ProfessorJohns Hopkins University
|Professor of MedicineOregon Health & Science University
|ProfessorUniversity of Miami
|Research Assistant ProfessorNational Institutes of Health
|Chief, ImmunoTechnology SectionEmory University
|Assistant ProfessorBoston Children's Hospital
|Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolOregon Health & Science University
|Professor and Director of Oregon National Primate Research CenterOspedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
|Pediatric ImmunologistBoston Children's Hospital
|Director at Precision Vaccines ProgramEmory University
|Postdoctoral FellowWeill Cornell Medical College
|Assistant ProfessorJohns Hopkins University
|Professor of MedicineHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health/Botswana-Harvard Partnership
|Associate ProfessorThe Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
|Director of the Systems Serology LaboratoryWeill Cornell Medicine
|Nancy C. Paduano Professor and Chair Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of PediatricsStellenbosch University/ FAMCRU
|Medical OfficerStellenbosch University
|ResearcherJohns Hopkins University
|Vice Chair of Medicine for Data Integrity & AnalyticsUniversity of Miami
|Assistant ProfessorUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
|Professor and Victor Daitz Chair in HIV/TB ResearchJohns Hopkins University
|Associate ScientistJohns Hopkins University
|Associate ProfessorNIH Program Management Team
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Eric Lorenzo, PhD | NICHD | Program Officer
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Jeymohan Joseph, PhD | NIMH | Program Officer
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Judi A. Miller | NIAID | Scientific/Research Contact
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Leia Novak, PhD | NIAID | Program Officer
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Patrick Jean-Philippe, MD | NIAID | Chief, Maternal, Adolescent and Pediatric Research Branch
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Pim Brouwers, PhD | NIMH | Deputy Director, Division of AIDS Research
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Tania Lombo Rodriguez, PhD | NIAID | Program Officer
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Vasundhara Varthakavi, DVM, PhD | NIDA | Program Officer
Industry Partners
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Greg Laird, PhD | Accelevir Diagnostics, LLC | Co-Founder
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Heather Madsen, PhD | ViiV Healthcare Limited | Head of HIV Cure and Bioinformatics
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Jay Evans, PhD | Inimmune Corp | President and CEO
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Jeffrey Safrit, PhD | ImmunityBio, Inc | Senior Director, Infectious Diseases
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Shannon Miller, PhD | Inimmune Corp | Immunology Lead
Scientific Advisory Board Members
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Catherine Blish, MD PhD | Stanford University | Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
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Frank Maldarelli, MD PhD | NIH NCI CCR | Head, Clinical Retrovirology Section
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Koen Van Rompay, DVM PhD | UC Davis California National Primate Center | Core Scientist
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Tariro Makadzange, MD PhD | Charles River Medical Group, LLC | CEO and Founder