OPEN LETTER TO HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATORS FROM HIV/AIDS RESEARCHERS: SUSTAIN FUNDING FOR HIV/AIDS RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

June 15, 2015

Dear Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees:

The undersigned nearly 700 clinicians, researchers and other medical professionals working on the front lines of HIV/AIDS research across our nation are writing to express our strong support for sustained robust funding of HIV/AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Many of us on the front lines of the HIV epidemic across the nation and globally, recall all too vividly the dark days when HIV infection was a death sentence – and we had little to offer our patients but palliative care. Since then, NIH-funded HIV/AIDS research has supported extraordinary successes in innovative basic science for better drug therapies, behavioral and biomedical prevention interventions that have saved and improved the lives of millions. Federal support for HIV/AIDS research has also led to new treatments and ways of approaching other diseases, including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, hepatitis, osteoporosis and a wide range of autoimmune disorders.

Despite tremendous progress, many daunting challenges remain in the quest for improved prevention and treatment therapies, a scalable vaccine, and ultimately a cure. We support an increased overall level of funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance and accelerate investments in therapies and cures for all of the many diseases that afflict Americans such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS. However, we caution against allocating research dollars simply on the basis of disease burden in the US. Research investment to contain and control the spread of deadly infectious diseases must be a priority to advance public health and protect global security. There continue to be 50,000 new HIV infections in the United States every year and the global toll is enormous—more than 33 million people infected and 2 million new infections annually. Our investments to date have saved the lives of millions and prevented countless new infections but continued support is essential to protect the investment to date and to control and ultimately end the HIV epidemic.

Now is the time to prioritize, not curtail HIV/AIDS research. Research advances to develop a preventive vaccine and a cure for HIV infection hold the potential to end the most devastating epidemic in human history. Please support an overall higher level of funding for the NIH and oppose any legislative or report language that would re-direct or otherwise diminish funding for HIV/AIDS research at this pivotal time of immense hope and scientific promise towards ending HIV/AIDS in our lifetime. Thank you for considering these views. Should you wish to contact us we can be reached through HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) Policy Officer, Kimberly Miller, at [email protected].

*Sincerely,

Barbara Hanna, Health Services Center, AL Dr. Christina Ochsenbauer, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL James Raper, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Michael Saag, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Janet Turan, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Samantha Whitfield, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Amanda Willig, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

Laura Chasko, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, AZ

Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, University of California San Francisco, CA Support HIV Research - 2

Cristian Achim, University of California San Diego, CA Grace Aldrovandi, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, CA Dong Sung An, University of California Los Angeles, CA Abigail Batchelder, University of California San Francisco, CA Milagros Becerra, University of California San Diego, CA Constance Benson, University of California San Diego, CA Ajay Bharti, University of California San Diego, CA Harold Burger, University of California Davis, CA Adam Carrico, University of California San Francisco, CA Si-Han Chen, University of California San Francisco, CA Mariana Cherner, University of California, CA Judith Currier, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Satya Dandekar, University of California, CA Peter Davidson, University of California San Diego, CA Demetrius dela Cruz, University of California San Diego, CA Roger Detels, University of California Los Angeles, CA David Doan, Walden University, CA Christian Michael Dutton, University of California San Francisco, CA Maria Ekstrand, University of California, CA Ronald Ellis, University of California San Diego, CA Xavier Erguera, University of California San Francisco, CA Yvette Flunder, United Church of Christ, CA Jonathan Fuchs, San Francisco Department of Public Health, CA Gabriel Galindo, University of California San Diego, CA Philippe Gallay, The Scripps Research Institute, CA Frank Galvan, Bienestar Human Services, CA Sourav Ganguly, University of California Berkeley, CA Cyril Gaultier, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, CA Lisa Georgetti Gomez, University of California San Francisco, CA Sara Gianella Weibel, University of California San Diego, CA Tari Gilbert, University of California Los Angeles, CA Igor Grant, University of California Los Angeles, CA Warner Greene, Gladstone Institutes/UCSF, CA Tracy Handel, University of California San Diego, CA David Hardy, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, CA Diane Havlir, University of California, CA Rulin Hechter, Kaiser Permanente, CA Shana Hughes, University of California San Francisco, CA Julia James, University of California San Francisco, CA Alok Joglekar, California Institute of Technology, CA Mallory Johnson, University of California San Francisco, CA Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, University of California San Francisco, CA Susan Kegeles, University of California San Francisco, CA Susan Kiene, San Diego State University, CA Sam Kim, University of California Los Angeles, CA Valerie Kirby, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center, UCSF, CA Scott Kitchen, University of California Los Angeles, CA Jane Koehler, University of California San Francisco, CA Elise Landais, The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, CA Daniel Lee, University of San Diego Medical Center - Owen Clinic, CA Scott Letendre, University of California San Diego, CA Mary Lewinski, University of California San Diego, CA Marguerita Lightfoot, University of California San Francisco, CA Susan Little, University of California San Diego, CA Shanna Livermore, University of Southern California, CA Cathy Logan, University of California San Diego, CA Gabriel Maldonado, TruEvolution, Inc., CA Maria Cecilia Marcondes, The Scripps Research Institute, CA Alexander Marr, University of California San Francisco, CA Marta Massanella, University of California San Diego, CA Christopher Mathews, University of California San Diego, CA Sanjay Mehta, University of California San Diego, CA Lori Montross, University of California San Diego, CA Kevin Morris, The Scripps Research Institute, CA Joseph Morris, University of California San Francisco, CA S Murphy, University of California, CA Support HIV Research - 3

Janet Myers, University of California, CA T Neilands, University of California San Francisco, CA Enzo Patouhas, University of California San Francisco, CA Kristie Peterson, Mass Amherst, CA Heather Pines, University of California San Diego, CA Albert Plenty, University of California San Francisco, CA Elizabeth Reed, University of California San Diego, CA Robert Reinhard, University of California San Francisco, CA Victoria Roberts, University of California San Diego, CA Timothy Rodwell, University of California San Diego, CA Theodore Ruel, University of California, San Francisco, CA Parya Saberi, University of California San Francisco, CA Francisco Samudzi, University of California San Francisco, CA Andrew Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute, CA John Sauceda, University of California San Francisco, CA Louise Scharf, Caltech, CA Rachel Schrier, University of California San Diego, CA Svetlana Semenova, University of California San Diego, CA Barbara Shacklett, University of California Davis, CA Laramie Smith, University of California San Diego, CA Celsa Spina, University of California San Diego, CA Steffanie Strathdee, University of California San Diego, CA Radhika Sundararajan, University of California San Diego, CA Paul Tagliaferri, University of California San Diego, CA Judy Tan, University of California San Francisco, Division of Prevention Science, CA Will Toperoff, University of California San Diego, CA Sarah Treves-Kagan, University of California San Francisco, CA Milenka Vargas, University of California San Diego, CA Rolando Viani, University of California San Diego, CA Jennifer Wagman, University of California San Diego, CA Andrew Ward, The Scripps Research Institute, CA John Weeks, University of California San Francisco, CA Barbara Weiser, UC Davis School of Medicine, CA Sheri Weiser, University of California San Francisco, CA Dan Werb, University of California San Diego, CA Cory White, University of California San Diego, CA Ida Wong-Sefidan, University of California San Diego, CA Troy Wood, University of California San Francisco, CA Sarah Woolf-King, University of California San Francisco, CA Richard Wyatt, The Scripps Research Institute, CA John Zaia, City of Hope, CA Benjamin Zovod, University of California San Francisco, CA Michael Zwick, The Scripps Research Institute, CA

Edward Janoff, University of Colorado Denver, CO Sharon Seifert, University of Colorado Denver, CO

Frederick Altice, Yale University, CT Lyuba Azbel, Yale University, CT Alexander Bazazi, Yale University School of Medicine, CT Ralph Brooks, Yale University, CT Sarah Calabrese, Yale University, CT Lisa Eaton, University of Connecticut, CT Seth Kalichman, University of Connecticut, CT Archana Krishnan, Yale University, CT Kelsey Loeliger, Yale University School of Medicine / School of Public Health, CT Jaimie Meyer, Yale University, CT Trena Mukherjee, Yale University, CT Jennifer Pellowski, University of Connecticut, CT Maxim Polonsky, Yale University, CT Sheela Shenoi, Yale University School of Medicine, CT Richard Sutton, Yale University, CT Michael Virata, Yale University, CT T Winn, Yale University, CT

Joel Ang, Private Practice, DC Support HIV Research - 4

Sara Glick, George Washington University, DC Ali Groves, American University, DC Veronica Miller, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, DC Mudit Tyagi, The George Washington University, DC Maria Cecilia Zea, George Washington University, DC

Peter Houle, Delaware HIV Consortium, DE Liz Ikiki, Walgreens, DE

Gabriel Culbert, Yale University, FL Nathaniel Dunigan, AidChild, FL Moises Feldman, IDS, FL Lisa Inge Stewart, Janssen Therapeutics, FL Rahul Dev Jayant, Florida International University, FL Karl Krupp, Florida International University, FL Stephanie Marhefka-Day, University of South Florida, FL Carla Mavian, University of Florida, FL Sonia Mediouni, Scripps Research Institute, FL Lynette Menezes, University of South Florida, FL Guillaume Mousseau, The Scripps Research Institute, FL Geoffrey Stone, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL Michael Wohlfeiler, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, FL Bienvenido Yangco, Infectious Disease Research Institute, FL

Anna Acosta, Emory University, GA Susan Allen, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Rama Amara, Emory University , GA Albert Anderson, Emory University, GA Wendy Armstrong, Emory University, GA John Beal, Emory University Hope Clinic CAB, GA Allison Beck, Emory University, GA Vincent Bond, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA Melis Borovali, Emory University, GA Philip Brachman, Emory University, GA Anna Bratcher, Emory University, GA Laura Broyles, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Siddappa Byrareddy, Emory University, GA Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, Emory University, GA Ann Chahroudi, Emory University, GA Rana Chakraborty, Emory University, GA Tina Chang, Emory University, GA Steven Coats, CoCrystal Pharma, GA Jonathan Colasanti, Emory University, GA Richard Compans, Emory University, GA Brittney Copeland, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Lisa Cranmer, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Rachel Culbreth, Georgia State University, GA James W. Curran, Center for AIDS Research at Emory University, GA Aubrey Cyphert, Emory University, GA Evelyn Davila, Emory University, GA Cheryl Day, Emory University, GA Carlos Del Rio, Emory University, GA Kevin Delaney, Emory University, GA Cynthia Derdeyn, Emory University, GA Renee Donahue Carlson, Emory University, GA Rob Driggers, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, GA Kelly Dyer, Emory University, GA Eugene Farber, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Geoffrey Ford, Positive Impact Health Centers, GA Ashley Freeman, Emory University, GA Rachel Friedman, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Neel Gandhi, Emory University, GA Tracie Graham, Emory University, GA Laura Gravens, Emory University, GA Jeremy Grey, Emory University, GA David Guidot, Emory University, GA Support HIV Research - 5

Kimberley Hagen, Emory University, GA Qifeng Han, Emory University, GA Taylor Harrison, Emory University, GA Marcia Holstad, Emory University, GA Gelsey Hughes, Emory University, GA Eric Hunter, Emory University, GA Sophia Hussen, Emory University, GA Chris Ibegbu, Emory University, GA Smtia Iyer, Emory University, GA David Jaquess, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Sherrie Jean, Yerkes National Primate Center, GA Yong Jiang, Emory University, GA Zhe Jiao, Emory University, GA R. Paul Johnson, Emory University, GA Jeb Jones, Emory University, GA Ameeta Kalokhe, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Sudhir Kasturi, Emory Vaccine Center at Emory University, GA Colleen F. Kelley, Emory University, GA Russell Kempker, Emory University, GA Mahfuz Khan, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA James Kohler, Emory University, GA Colleen Kraft, Emory University, GA Cecile Lahiri, Emory University School of Medicine, GA William Lewis, Emory University, GA Elizabeth Littauer, Emory University, GA Ann Lockard, Emory University, GA Amy Lovvorn, Emory University, GA Minh Luu, Emory University, GA Fauzia Malik, Emory University, GA Vincent Marconi, Emory University, GA Lindsay Margoles, Emory University, GA Cyra Christina Mehta, Emory University, GA Gregory Melikian, Emory University, GA Erika Meyer, Emory University, GA Luca Micci, Emory University, GA Katherine Michel, Emory University, GA Alejandra Mijares, ABT Associates, GA Kiran Mir Hudgeons, Clinical Care Options, LLC, GA Abeer Moanna, Emory University, GA Daniela Monaco, Emory University, GA Shashi Nagar, Emory University, GA Gale Newman, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA Minh Ly Nguyen, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Chika Obidike, Emory University, GA Igho Ofotokun, Emory University School of Medicine, GA John Ouderkirk, ID Group of Atlanta, LLC, GA Kishna Outlaw, Emory University, GA Mirko Paiardini, Emory University, GA Tristram Parslow, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Ericka Patrick, Emory University, GA Tamika Payne, Duke University, GA Julia Phillips, Emory University, GA Michael Powell, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed, Emory University, GA Sujan Reddy, Emory University, GA Jyothi Rengarajan, Emory University, GA Susan Richardson, Emory University School of Medicine, GA JaNelle Ricks, Emory University, GA David Rimland, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Harriet Robinson, GeoVax Inc., GA Quintin Robinson, University of Maryland Medical Center, GA Roger Rochat, Emory University, GA Martha Rogers, Emory University, GA Christin Root, Emory University, GA Eli Rosenberg, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, GA Jonathan Russell, Emory University, GA Support HIV Research - 6

Travis Sanchez, Emory University, GA Sara Sanford, Emory University, GA Jessica Scott, Emory University, GA Aaron Siegler, Emory University, GA Guido Silvestri, Emory University, GA Jeffrey Stephens, Mercer University School of Medicine, GA Harold Stringer, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA Theron Stuart, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Patrick Sullivan, Emory University, GA Andrea Swartzendruber, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, GA Melanie Thompson, AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, GA Katie Thure, Emory University, GA Kehmia Titanji, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Monica Trigg, Emory University, GA Jessica Trost, Emory University, GA William Tyor, Emory University School of Medicine, GA Sara Valek, Emory University, GA Mariah Valentine-Graves, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, GA Thomas Vanderford, Emory University, GA Maithri Vangala, Emory University, GA Francois Villinger, Emory University, GA Aswani Vunnava, Emory University, GA Drenna Waldrop-Valverde, Emory University, GA Charlene Wang, Emory University, GA Dwana Webb, Emory University School of Medicine, GA

Thuy Nguyen, The University of Iowa, IA

Meegan Anderson, Northwestern University, IL Robert Bailey, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL Ann Carias, Northwestern University, IL Isabelle Clerc, Northwestern University, IL Richard D'Aquila, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL Veronica Escamilla, University of North Carolina, IL Sybil Hosek, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, IL Harold Kessler, Rush University Medical Center, IL Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL William Muller, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL Brooke Patterson, Janssen Therapeutics, IL Arangassery Rosemary Bastian, Northwestern University, IL Beverly Sha, Rush University Medical Center, IL Daniel Stieh, Northwestern University, IL Lassandra Walker, Just Health Education and Research, IL Ram Yogev, Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago, IL

Samir Gupta, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN

Daniel Bausch, Tulane University, LA Samantha Gerlach, Tulane University and Dillard University, LA

Luis M. Agosto, Boston Medical Center, MA Galit Alter, Ragon Institute , MA Ingrid Bassett, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Aaron Blashill, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Stephen Boswell, Fenway Health & Harvard Medical School, MA Diana Clarke, Boston Medical Center, MA Deborah Cotton, Boston University School of Medicine, MA Donald Craven, Lahey Clinic & Tufts Medical School, MA Sannisha Dale, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA Scott Dryden-Peterson, Harvard University, MA Kenneth Freedberg, Harvard Medical School, MA Rajesh Gandhi, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Elizabeth Glaser, Brandeis University, MA Rahm Gummuluru, Boston University, MA Robert Hoffman, Bay Path University, MA Carole Hohl, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, MA Support HIV Research - 7

Kenneth Kaye, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Douglas Krakower, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA Daniel Kuritzkes, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Douglas Kwon, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Allison Labbe, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA Julie Levison, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA Jonathan Li, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA Mathias Lichterfeld, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Shahin Lockman, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Katherine Luzuriaga, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA Jessica Magidson, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA Linda Marc, Harvard School of Public Health, MA Richard Marlink, Harvard School of Public Health, MA Kenneth Mayer, Fenway Health, MA Nozipho Maziya, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Matthew Mimiaga, Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health, MA Roberta O'Connor, Tufts Medical Center, MA Rebeca Plank, Harvard Medical School, MA Christina Psaros, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Krishna Reddy, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA Renee Ridzon, Boston University, MA Gregory Robbins, Massachusetts General Hospital , MA Thomas Rogers, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Christopher Rowley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA Steven Safren, Harvard Medical School, MA Alexander Sheble-Hall, Boston Health Care For The Homeless, MA Mark Siedner, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA Margie Skeer, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA Anela Stanic, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, MA Caterina Strambio De Castillia - Luban, University of Massachusetts Medical School Alice Tang, Tufts University, MA Kinna Thakarar, Boston Medical center, MA Gustavo Velásquez, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Rochelle Walensky, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA Bruce Walker, Harvard University, MA Honorine Ward, Tufts Medical Center, MA Athe Tsibris, Harvard Medical School, MA

Ashwin Balagopal, Johns Hopkins University, MD Chris Beyrer, President, International AIDS Society, Professor, Johns Hopkins, MD Joel Blankson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD Shivaun Celano, Johns Hopkins University, MD Larry Chang, Johns Hopkins University, MD Natasha Chida, Johns Hopkins University, MD Janice Clements, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD Lynda Dee, AIDS Action Baltimore, Inc., MD Kelly Gebo, Johns Hopkins University, MD John Gerwig, Johns Hopkins University, MD Mary Grabowski, Johns Hopkins University, MD Amita Gupta, Johns Hopkins University, MD Evelyn Gurule, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, MD Ya-Chi Ho, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD Christopher Hoffmann, Johns Hopkins University, MD Michael Horberg, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute, MD Sarah Jang, Johns Hopkins University, MD Sara Keller, Johns Hopkins University, MD Jeanne Keruly, Johns Hopkins University, MD Amy Knowlton, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD Jennifer Kunkel, Park West Health Center, Inc, MD Haishan Li, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Julie Mcarthur, Johns Hopkins University, MD Michael Melia, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD Kelly Metcalf Pate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD Sharada Modur, Johns Hopkins University, MD Richard Moore, Johns Hopkins University, MD William Osburn, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD Support HIV Research - 8

Stuart Ray, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD David Riedel, University of Maryland, MD Sheree Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University, MD David Sullivan, Johns Hopkins University, MD Vicki Tepper, University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD Chloe Thio, Johns Hopkins University, MD Maria Wawer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD Cui Yang, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD

Kathleen Collins, University of Michigan, MI Stephanie Cook, University of Michigan, MI Rosemary Olivero, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Spectrum Health, MI Akira Ono, University of Michigan, MI Chokechai Rongkavilit, Wayne State University, MI

David Boulware, University of Minnesota, MN Nathan Cummins, Mayo Clinic, MN Ashley Haase, University of Minnesota, MN Keith Horvath, University of Minnesota, MN Alex Iantaffi, University of Minnesota, MN Sekar Natesampillai, Mayo Clinic, MN

Hilary Babcock, Washington University, MO E-P. Barrette, Washington University School of Medicine, MO Jessica Grubb, Washington University School of Medicine, MO Carolyn Johnson, Saint Louis Effort For AIDS, MO Michael Klebert, Washington University School of Medicine, MO George Kyei, Washington University St. Louis, MO Rupa Patel, Washington University in St Louis, MO William Powderly, Washington University in St. Louis, MO Rachel Presti, Washington University, MO Hilary Reno, Washington University in St. Louis, MO William Salzer, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO Enbal Shacham, Saint Louis University, MO Michelle Teti, University of Missouri, MO Dale Wrigley, Saint Louis effort for AIDS, MO

Steffani Bangel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Jennifer Belus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Brian Boykin, Duke Medical Center, NC Miriam Braunstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Faraha Brewer, Duke University, NC Stuart Carr, Duke University, NC Myron Cohen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Anna Cope, University of North Carolina, NC Daniella Cordero, Duke University, NC Jesse Crayle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Zhao Dang, Duke University, NC Aaron Deal, Duke Human Vaccine Institute - Duke University, NC Ann Dennis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Dorothy Dow, Duke University, NC Ryan Duffy, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, NC Cindi Emerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Claire Farel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Jonathan Fogle, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, NC Niasha Fray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Brian Gallagher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Theresa Gamble, FHI 360, NC Cynthia Gay, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Satish Gopal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC John Hamilton, Duke University, NC Quinton Harper, University of North Carolina/NC AIDS Action, NC Michael Herce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Lisa Hightow-Weidman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Marcia Hobbs, University of North Carolina, NC Darrin Johnson, University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC Support HIV Research - 9

Angela Kashuba, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Edward Kennedy, Duke University, NC Catherine Kronk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Sam Lai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Sara LeGrand, Duke University, NC David Margolis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Daniel McClernon, bioMONTR Labs, NC Francis McClernon, Duke University School of Medicine, NC Kara McGee, Duke University Medical Center, NC David McGivern, University of North Carolina, NC Mehri McKellar, Duke University Medical Center, NC Gene Meade, Duke University, NC Christina Meade, Duke University, NC Rick Meeker, University of North Carolina, NC William Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Elisabeth Mohr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Katie Mollan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Julie Nelson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Quang Nguyen, Duke University, NC Stefan Oehlers, Duke University Medical Center, NC Michelle Ogle, Warren-Vance Community Health Center, Inc., NC Puja Patel, Duke University, NC Brian Pence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Audrey Pettifor, University of North Carolina, NC Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Duke University, NC David Rosen, University of North Carolina, NC Thatsanee Saladyanant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Katherine Schafer, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, NC Victor Schoenbach, University of North Carolina, NC Kelly Seaton, Duke University, NC Arlene Sena, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, NC Ean Spielvogel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Sherry Stanfield-Oakley, Duke University, NC Kristen Sullivan, Duke University, NC Jin Tong, Duke Medical Center, NC Sheri Towe, Duke University School of Medicine, NC Charles van der Horst, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, NC Angela Wahl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Kent Weinhold, Duke University Medical Center, NC Daniel Westreich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Cameron Wolfe, Duke University, NC Jinsong Zhang, Duke University, NC William Zule, RTI International, NC Alexis Dennis, Duke University, NC David Murdoch, Duke University Medical Center, NC

Shetty Ravi Dyavar, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE Qingsheng Li, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Mary-Margaret Andrews, Dartmouth Medical School, NH

Elizabeth Fletcher, Cooper University Hospital, NJ Eugene Martin, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ Charisse Santos, Tourettes Awareness, NJ Robin Stevens, Rutgers University, NJ

Joel Gallant, Southwest CARE Center, NM

Judith Aberg, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Jasmine Buttolph, New York University, NY Flavia Camacho, New York University School of Medicine, NY Benjamin Chen, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Ping Chen, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY Oya Cingoz, Columbia University Medical Center, NY Roberto Corales, Trillium Health, NY Carlos de Noronha, Albany Medical College, NY Support HIV Research - 10

Jack DeHovitz, State University of New York Downstate, NY Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Einstein, NY Ralf Duerr, New York University, NY Tanya Ellman, Columbia University Medical Center, NY Daniel Fierer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Celia Fisher, Fordham University, NY Marc Foca, Columba University, NY Kevin Frost, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, NY Marshall Glesby, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY Susie Hoffman, Columbia University, NY Adrian Juarez, University at Buffalo, NY Marla Keller, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Nathaniel Landau, New York University, NY Kenneth Law, Icahn School of Medicine, NY Hongru Li, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Lily Liu, New York University School of Medicine, NY Supriya Mahajan, University at Buffalo, NY Elena Martinelli, Population Council, NY Merle Myerson, Columbia University, NY Jeffrey Parsons, Hunter College, NY Harlan Pruden, TwoSpiritJournal.com, NY Skye Ross, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY Michael Ross, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Guomiao Shenoi, New York University School of Medicine, NY Melanie Steilen, CAI Global, NY Talia Swartz, Icahn School of medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Hong Van Tieu, New York Blood Center, NY Lili Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Mitchell Warren, AVAC, NY Christina Wyatt, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Michael Yin, Columbia University, NY Raymond Moody, Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training , NY Eric Schrimshaw, Columbia University Medical Center, NY

Swagata Banik, Baldwin Wallace University , OH Cheryl Cameron, Case Western Reserve University, OH Judith Feinberg, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH Steven Gordon, Cleveland Clinic, OH Barbara Gripshover, Case Western Reserve University, OH Jonathan Karn, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH Susan Koletar, Ohio State University, OH Leticia Kuri, Case Western Reserve University, OH Lonny LeFever, United Methodist Church AIDS TASK Force, OH Janet McGrath, Case Western Reserve University, OH Alan Taege, Cleveland Clinic, OH John Tilton, Case Western Reserve University, OH Marcel Yotebieng, The Ohio State University, OH

Michsel Bronze, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK Leonard Slater, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK

Amber Clough, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, OR Yoshinori Fukazawa, Oregon Health and Science University, OR Richard Meenan, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, OR Haesun Park, Oregon Health and Science University, OR Jonah Sacha, Oregon Health and Science University, OR Sonja Blazekovic, University of Pennsylvania, PA Dana Brown, University of Pennsylvania, PA Robert Carter, University of Pennsylvania AARC, PA Simon Cocklin, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA Anne Colon, University of Pennsylvania, PA Caitlin Conyngham, Philadelphia FIGHT, PA Donna Coviello, University of Pennsylvania, PA Annet Davis, University of Pennsylvania, PA Tiffany Dominique, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA Jeffrey Draine, Temple University, PA Support HIV Research - 11

Ian Frank, University of Pennsylvania, PA Oumar Gaye, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, PA Jeffery Haskins, COMHAR, Inc., PA Tianyu He, University of Pittsburgh, PA Dial Hewlett, Pfizer Global Established Pharma, PA Jeffrey Jacobson, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA Stephanie Josephson, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA Daniel Langleben, University of Pennsylvania, PA Archana LaPollo, Public Health Management Corporation, PA Eleanor Lundy-Wade, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, PA Deborah McMahon, University of Pittsburgh, PA Devlin Morrison, Merck and Company, PA Ernie Peacock, Pennsylvania Center for AIDS Research, PA Judith Peters, University of Pennsylvania, PA Judith Porter, Bryn Mawr College, PA Giovanna Rappocciolo, University of Pittsburgh, PA Shruthi Ravimohan, University of Pennsylvania, PA Peter Smith, University of Pennsylvania , PA LaTasha Stone, Chestnut Hill College, PA Mack Taylor, University of Pennsylvania, PA Stephanie Tristram-Nagle, Carnegie Mellon University, PA Gina Walton, University of Pennsylvania, PA George Woody, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA Isaac Zentner, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA Gongpu Zhao, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Lourdes De Jesus, University of Puerto Rico, PR Iris Garcia, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus Maternal Infant Studies Center, PR Karolyn Gonzalez, Medical Sciences Campus University of Puerto Rico, PR Martha Pagan, University of Puerto Rico, PR Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus, PR

David Barker, Brown University, RI Curt Beckwith, Miriam Hospital/Brown University, RI Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Brown University , RI Larry Brown, Lifespan / Brown / Tufts , RI Michael Carey, Brown University, RI Charles Carpenter, Brown University, RI Philip Chan, Brown University, RI Susan Cu-Uvin, Lifespan/Tufts/Brown, RI Emily Dauria, Brown University, RI Vicki Godleski, Lifespan/Tufts/Brown , RI Joseph Harwell, Brown University, RI Christopher Kahler, Brown University, RI Rami Kantor, Brown University, RI Hana Lee, Brown University, RI Kathleen Morrow, Miriam Hospital, RI Aadia Rana, Brown University, RI Josiah Rich, Brown University, RI Susan Short, Brown University, RI Marina Tolou-Shams, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, RI Jacob van den Berg, Brown University, RI

Muktar Aliyu, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN Kate Clouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN Chandravanu Dash, Meharry Medical College, TN Matthew Freiberg, Vanderbilt University, TN Aaron Kipp, Vanderbilt University, TN John Koethe, Vanderbilt University, TN Velma McBride Murry, Vanderbilt University, TN Anna Person, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN Han-Zhu Qian, Vanderbilt University, TN Sten Vermund, Vanderbilt University, TN

Theresa Barton, Baylor College of Medicine, TX Lanny Brown, University of Pennsylvania, TX Support HIV Research - 12

Patrick Clay, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center / AIDS Arms, TX Marc Leffew, Gordon Crofoot MD PA - Crofoot Research, TX Senlin Li, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, TX Manuel Llano, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX Ank Nijhawan, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX Chia Ohouo, Baylor Scott & White, TX Silke Paust, Baylor College of Medicine, TX Margaret White, Gordon Crofoot MD PA, TX Laila Woc-Colburn, Baylor College of Medicine, TX Steven Woods, University of Houston, TX

Timothy Baures, University of Utah, UT Alberto Bosque, University of Utah, UT Kelsey Cone, University of Utah, UT Michael Kay, University of Utah, UT Mckenna Kimball, University of Utah, UT Erin Larragoite, University of Utah, UT Vicente Planelles, University of Utah, UT Peter Ramirez, University of Utah, UT Heidi Schubert, University of Utah, UT Adam Spivak, University of Utah, UT Matthew Szaniawski, University of Utah, UT Susana Williams Keeshin, University of Utah, UT

Rebecca Dillingham, University of Virginia, VA Denis Tebit, University of Virginia, VA

Rachel Bender Ignacio, University of Washington, WA Trupti Gilada, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, WA Susan Graham, University of Washington, WA Gavin Green, Washington HIV/AIDS Community Action Network, WA Roxanne Kerani, University of Washington, WA Erica Lovelace, University of Washington, WA Patience Murapa, University of Washington, WA Cynthia Pearson, University of Washington, WA April Randhawa, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, WA Alison Roxby, University of Washington, Wa Elissa Schwartz, Washington State University, WA Laurie Sylla, DefeatHIV Community Advisory Board, WA

Thalia Williams, American Public Health Association, WI

Sally Hodder, West Virginia University, WV