Khalil Ghanem, MD, PhD

Khalil Ghanem is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Program Director of the Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has been the Principal Investigator of the CDC-funded Johns Hopkins STD/HIV Prevention Training Center since 2014. His research focuses on reproductive tract infections- in particular syphilis and the vaginal microbiome. He is a past president of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.

Alastair van Heerden, PhD

Alastair van Heerden is Research Director of the Syndicate for Public Science and Emerging Technologies (SYNAPSE). He has over 15 years of experience conducting clinical, behavioral and community-based research throughout East and Southern Africa, the United States, Nepal and Brazil. He has an interdisciplinary focus to his research which combines his interest in technology for development and public health with the aim of improving access to care for underserved and poorly resourced communities.

Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH

Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management, and Co-Director at the Global Center for Implementation Science, at the New York University School of Global Public Health. As a global health researcher and implementation scientist, she seeks to improve outcomes by strengthening health systems and enabling the delivery of effective, equitable health services. Much of Dr. Moucheraud’s focus is on meeting the needs of women and young people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Dr.

Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH

Dr. Colleen Kelley is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and Associate Dean for Research with a multi-disciplinary background and previous experience in clinical HIV/STI medicine, HIV/STI epidemiology research, clinical trials, and laboratory-based research. Dr. Kelley uses her broad skills to lead an NIH-funded, investigator-initiated research portfolio; to conduct multi-center clinical trials; and to perform public health research.

Estelle Piwowar-Manning

Estelle Piwowar-Manning is a Medical Laboratory Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the deputy director of the HPTN LC. She is American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certified with specialization certification in Immunology. She is also the laboratory manager of the HPTN LC Core Laboratory and supervises the CLIA certified HIV Clinical Research Laboratory.

Melissa Turner

For more than 20 years, Melissa Turner, MSW, LICSW, MPA, has been integrally involved in patient care management and HIV clinical trial research in Washington, D.C. as a social worker and community engagement manager. Melissa is a Clinical Social Worker in the Infectious Diseases Section serving veterans living with HIV and a community engagement specialist for HIV research trials on the local, international and network level for National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial networks.

Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH

Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Health Behavior and Society, Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins Training Program in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Science and as Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He is the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and of the University’s Center for Global Health.

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