CAPT Mary Glenshaw, Ph.D., M.P.H.

CAPT Mary Glenshaw, Ph.D., M.P.H., is the Associate Director of External Engagement the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR). Appointed to this role in August 2025, CAPT Glenshaw drives outreach, coordination, and collaboration with the OAR Advisory Council (OARAC), with OAR’s partners at other federal agencies, and with the broader HIV community. In this capacity, CAPT Glenshaw also serves as the Executive Secretary / Designated Federal Official of OARAC.

Since joining OAR in 2019, CAPT Glenshaw has served in numerous leadership roles. Most recently, she was the OAR Acting Deputy Director, a position in which she worked with the OAR Director to coordinate the NIH HIV research program and oversee the management of all OAR teams. She also served as a Senior Science Advisor, managing the OAR Science Team of subject matter experts and liaisons to Institutes and Centers across NIH.

Dr. Glenshaw brings to OAR global health and epidemiology expertise from 13 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she served the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as Associate Director for Science (CDC South Africa), Prevention Branch Chief (CDC Botswana), and Lead of the PEPFAR Alcohol/HIV Initiative (Namibia).

Her training includes the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) postdoctoral fellowship in applied epidemiology, doctoral and master’s programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and clinical Occupational Therapy from the University of Southern California.