Busola Akingbade, MPH, PMP
Busola Akingbade is a Clinical Research Manager (CRM) within the HPTN for FHI 360. Her research interests include HIV prevention research, community development and engagement, and qualitative research. During her time with the HPTN, Busola has served as a CRM for HPTN 091, 102, 106, and 117 as well as a clinical trials associate for HPTN 083.
Craig W. Hendrix, MD
Craig Hendrix, MD, DABCP, FCP, is Professor Emeritus and former Wellcome Professor and Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, at The Johns Hopkins University. He joined Oak Crest Institute of Science in Monrovia, CA, as Senior Faculty (part-time) in February 2025 upon his retirement from Hopkins. Craig graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgetown University School of Medicine before entering Johns Hopkins for post-graduate training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and clinical pharmacology.
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH is a Distinguished and Endowed McKenzie Professor and the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing at the Florida State University (FSU). She is also the founding director of FSU’s Institute on Digital Health and Innovation.
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.