OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) provides advice to the director of the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) on the planning, coordination, and evaluation of HIV and AIDS-related research and other activities conducted or supported by NIH.
OARAC consists of up to 18 voting members; at least 11 non-voting ex officio members, including the NIH Director and the OAR Director; and an executive secretary.
Chairperson | |
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Ivy E. Turnbull, D.L.P., Ed.M., M.A. (’24) Deputy Executive Director AIDS Alliance for Women, Infants, Children, Youth & Families The AIDS Institute Washington, DC 20006 | Diana Finzi, Ph.D. Acting Associate Director for AIDS Research and Acting Director, Office of AIDS Research National Institutes of Health Rockville, MD 20852 |
Omar Galarraga, Ph.D. (’25) Associate Professor Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice Brown University School of Public Health Providence, RI 02912 | Mojgan H. Naghavi, Ph.D. (’25) Professor Department of Microbiology-Immunology Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, IL 60611 |
Shruti H. Mehta, Ph.D. (’24) Vice Chair for Research and Administration Professor Department of Epidemiology Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21205 | Anne M. Neilan, M.D., M.P.H. (’25) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Assistant in Pediatrics, Assistant in Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 |
Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil. (’25) Vice President for Scientific Operations The Wistar Institute Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, J.D. Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201 | Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D. Director, Division of AIDS National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Rockville, MD 20852 |
National Institutes of Health Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D. Director National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Rohan Hazra, M.D. Director, Division of Extramural Research Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bethesda, MD 20892 |
National Institutes of Health Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. Director Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Office of the Director National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 | Representative for the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council |
U.S. Department of Defense COL Julie A. Ake, M.D., M.Sc. Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program Walter Reed Army Institute of Research U.S. Department of Defense Rockville, MD 20852 | Representative for the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Melanie Ott, M.D., Ph.D. Director and Senior Investigator Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Professor Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94158 |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Victoria J. Davey, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Chief Research and Development Officer U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC 20420 | Representative for the National Cancer Advisory Board Christopher R. Friese, Ph.D., RN Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing Director, Center for Improving Patient and Population Health Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention RADM Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H. Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA 30333 | Representative for the National Advisory Mental Health Council Marguerita Lightfoot, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research at the Oregon Health & Science University Portland State University School of Public Health Portland, OR 97201 |
CAPT Mary Glenshaw, Ph.D., M.P.H. Acting Deputy Director Office of AIDS Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 |
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