The Durban Declaration Organising Committee
THE DURBAN DECLARATION
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Updated July 3, 2000
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD
Southern African Fogarty AIDS Training Program Co-ordinator
Nell and Shapiro cc
Durban
South Africa
Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD
Director, HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research
Medical Research Council
Durban
South Africa
Alash’le Abimiku, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute of Human Virology
Baltimore, MD
Nadine Abiola
Assistant Chief, Clinical Biological Laboratory
Project RETRO-CI
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Georgette Adjorlolo-Johnson, MD, MPH
Projet RETRO-CI/CDC-HIV
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Michael Adler, CBE, MD, FRCP
Royal Free & University College Medical School
London
UK
Peter Aggleton, PhD
Professor
Director, Thomas Coram Research Unit
Institute of Education
University of London
UK
Simon Agwale, PhD
Institute of Human Virology
Baltimore, MD
USA
Arthur J. Ammann, MD
President
Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
San Rafael, CA
USA
Birgitta Åsjö, MD, PhD
Professor of Virology
University of Bergen
Norway
Laura Astarloa, MD, PhD
Professor
University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Brigitte Autran, MD, PhD
Professor
Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris, France
Roberto Badaró, MD, PhD
Chief of the Infectious Disease Unit
University Hospital Professor Edgar Santos
Federal University of Bahia
Brazil
David Baltimore, PhD
President
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
USA
Kanai Banerjee, MD
Professor of Medicine
Calcutta Medical College
Calcutta
India
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, PhD
Research Director, INSERM
Professor, Institut Pasteur
Retroviral Biology Unit
Paris, France
Avertino Barreto, MD, MSc, CHDC
National Director of STD/HIV/AIDS Programme
Deputy National Health Director
Ministry of Health
Maputo
Mozambique
Jorge Barreto, MD
Head, Department of Immunology
National Institute of Health
Maputo
Mozambique
John G. Bartlett, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
USA
Mary Bassett, MD, MPH
Department of Community Medicine
University of Zimbabwe Medical School
Harare
Zimbabwe
Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD
Director, Health Economics Unit
National Institute of Public Health
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Natth Bhamarapravati
Professor
Bangkok
Thailand
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MD
Professor of Child Health
Department of Paediatrics
The Aga Khan University
Karachi
Pakistan
Stéphane Blanche, MD, PhD
Professor
Groupe Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Rosa Bologna, MD
Chair, Argentine Society for Infectious Diseases
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Brites, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Federal University of Bahia
Salvador
Brazil
Mario Bronfman, DPH
Director, Center for Health Systems Research
Mexico
Françoise Brun-Vézinet, MD, PhD
Professor
Groupe Hôspitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard
Paris
France
Arsene Burny, PhD
Professor
University of Brussels
Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine
Gosselies
Belgium
Pedro Cahn, MD, PhD
Director, Huesped Foundation
Buenos Aires
Argentina
William Cameron, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Ottawa at the Ottawa Hospital
Canada
Yunzhen Cao, MD
Director, Department of Clinical Virology
Deputy Director
National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control
Professor
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
Beijing
China
Jordi Casabona i Barbarà, MD, MPH
Director of CEESCAT
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Badalona, Catalonia
Spain
Euclides Castilho
University of São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
Sekhar Chakrabarti, MD
Indian Council for Medical Research
Calcutta
India
Irvin S.Y. Chen, PhD
Professor of MIMG and Medicine
Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
USA
Xiaoping Chen, MD, PhD
Director, Associate Professor
Center for AIDS Control and Research
Municipal Health and Anti-Epidemic Station
Guangzhou
China
Hehe Cheng, MD
China
Luigi Chieco-Bianchi, MD
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences
University of Padova
Italy
Chifumbe Chintu, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health
School of Medicine
University of Zambia
Lusaka
Zambia
John David Chiphangwi, MBChB, MMed, FRCOG
Professor of Medicine
Principal, University of Malawi College of Medicine
Blantyre
Malawi
Inam Chitsike
Zimbabwe
Mario Clerici, MD
Professor
Ordinario di Immunologia
Cattedra di Immunologia
University of Milan
Italy
Thomas J. Coates, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Director
AIDS Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
USA
John M. Coffin, PhD
Director, HIV Drug Resistance Program
National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society Research Professor
of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Tufts University
Boston, MA
USA
Mark Colvin, MD
Medical Research Council
Durban, South Africa
David Cooper, MD, DSc
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
Hoosen M. Coovadia, MD
Professor
University of Natal
Durban
South Africa
Lawrence Corey, MD
Professor, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine
Head, Program in Infectious Diseases
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Head, Virology Division
University of Washington
Seattle
USA
Tumani Corrah, FRCP
Director of Clinical Services
MRC Laboratories
Banjul, The Gambia
Roel A. Coutinho, MD, PhD
Professor
Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases
Academic Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
Director, Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Suzanne Crowe, MBBS, FRACP, MD
Professor of Medicine
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
Melbourne
Australia
Bryan R. Cullen, PhD
Professor
Departments of Genetics and Microbiology
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
USA
François Dabis, MD, PhD
Unité INSERM 330
Université Victor Segalen
Bordeaux
France
Janet H. Darbyshire, OBE, FRCP
Director, MRC Clinical Trials Unit
London
UK
Patrice Debré, MD
Professor
Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris
France
Erik De Clercq, MD, PhD
Professor
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium
Carlos del Rio, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
USA
Alaka Deshpande, MD
Professor of Medicine
Secretary, AIDS Society of India
Mumbai
India
Ronald C. Desrosiers
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
Christian Devaux, PhD
Director, Department of Immunology and Retrovirology
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
University of Montpellier
France
Manfred P. Dierich, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Institute for Hygiene and Social Medicine
Innsbruck, Austria
Barbara Ensoli, MD, PhD
Director, Retrovirus Division
Laboratory of Virology
Instituto Superiore di Sanità
Rome, Italy
Volker Erfle
Germany
Eka Esu-Williams
President, Society for Women and AIDS in Africa
Population Council
Johannesburg
South Africa
Oscar Hector Fay
Professor, Clinical Biochemistry
National University of Rosario
Director, Center for Technology in Public Health
Rosario, Argentina
Eva Maria Fenyö, MD
Professor
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
and Lund University, Lund
Sweden
Gerald Friedland, MD
Director, AIDS Program
Professor of Medicine and
Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CN
USA
Katsuyuki Fukutake, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Clinical Pathology
Director, HIV Program
Tokyo Medical University Hospital
Japan
Raman Gangakhedkar, MD
Assistant Director
National AIDS Research Institute
Indian Council of Medical Research
Pune
India
Jose Gatell, MD
Spain
Helene Gayle, MD, PhD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
USA
Marc Gentilini, MD
President
French Red Cross
Paris
France
Carlo Giaquinto, MD
Department of Paediatrics
University of Padova
Italy
Diana Gibb, MD, MSc
Senior Clinical Epidemiologist/Paediatrician
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
London
UK
I.S. Gilada, MBBS, DDV, FCPS
Consultant in HIV/AIDS
Unison Medicare & Research Center
Mumbai
India
Charles F. Gilks, DPhil, FRCP, DTM&H
Professor of Tropical Medicine
Head, Tropical Medicine Division
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
UK
Marc Girard, DVM, DSc
Professor
Director, European Center for Research in Virology and Immunology
Marcel Mérieux Foundation
Lyon, France
Jean Claude Gluckman, MD
Professor of Immunology
Hôpital Saint-Antoine
Paris
France
Qiming Gong, MD
Service of Infectious Diseases
Ruijin Hospital
Shanghai
China
Jaap Goudsmit, MD, PhD
Professor of Virology
Department of Human Retrovirology
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Glenda Gray, MBBCH, FCPæds
Director, Perinatal HIV Research Unit
University of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD
Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, San Francisco
USA
Dirceu B. Greco
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
Ashraf Grimwood, MBChB, MPH
National Chair, NACOSA
Director, Scientific Affairs, Secure The Future
Cape Town
South Africa
Claude Griscelli, MD, PhD
Professor
Director, Institut Nationale de Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Paris
France
Geeta Rao Gupta, PhD
President
International Center for Research on Women
Washington, DC
USA
Ashley T. Haase, MD
Regents’ Professor and Head
Department of Microbiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
USA
Beatrice H. Hahn, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
USA
Scott M. Hammer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
New York, NY
USA
Catherine Hankins, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
Associate Professor
McGill University Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Director, McGill University AIDS Centre
Montréal, Québec
Canada
Masanori Hayami, PhD
Institute for Virus Research
Kyoto University
Japan
Bart Haynes, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke AIDS Center
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
USA
Martin S. Hirsch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard University
Director, AIDS Clinical Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
USA
Bernard Hirschel, MD
Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire
Geneva
Switzerland
David D. Ho, MD
Director
Aaaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
New York, NY
USA
James A. Hoxie, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Penn Center for AIDS Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
USA
Eric Hunter, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Director, Center for AIDS Research
University of Alabama, Birmingham
USA
Greg Hussey, MBChB, MMed, DTM&H, FFCH
Associate Professor
Head, Paediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Cape Town
South Africa
John Idoko, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Jos
Nigeria
Raul Isturiz, MD, FACP
Department of Medicine
Centro Medico de Caracas
Caracas
Venezuela
Marian Jacobs
Professor of Child Health
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch
South Africa
Assan Jaye, DVM, PhD
Immunologist, HIV and Virology Programme
Medical Research Council
Banjul
The Gambia
Pontiano Kaleebu, MBChB, PhD
Head, Department of Immunology
MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute
Entebbe
Uganda
Artur O. Kalichman, MD
Brazil
Lars O. Kallings, MD, PhD
Professor
Secretary General, International AIDS Society
Permanent Secretariat
Stockholm
Sweden
Chipepo Kankasa, MD
Paediatrician
University Teaching Hospital
Research Manager, MTCT Working Group
Central Board of Health
Lusaka
Zambia
Etienne Karita
National Reference Laboratory
Ministry of Health
Kigali
Rwanda
Elly Katabira, MD
Uganda
Christine Katlama, MD, PhD
Professor
Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris
France
Samuel L. Katz, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
USA
Michel Kazatchkine, MD
Director, ANRS
Professor
Hôpital Broussais
Paris
France
Satoshi Kimura, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases
University of Tokyo
Japan
Takashi Kitamura, MD, PhD
Director, Toyama Institute of Health
Director Emeritus
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tokyo
Japan
Suporn Koetsawang, MD, FRCOG
Professor
Reproductive Health Research Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University
Bangkok
Thailand
Wayne Koff, PhD
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
New York, NY
USA
Bette Korber
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
USA
Richard A. Koup, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
USA
Philippe Kourilsky, PhD
Director, Institut Pasteur
Professor, College de France
Paris
France
Andrei P. Kozlov, PhD
Director, Biomedical Research Center
Executive Director, Russian Association Against AIDS
St. Petersburg
Russia
Joan K. Kreiss, MD, MPH
Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
USA
N. Kumarasamy, MD
YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education
Chennai
India
Reinhard Kurth, MD
Director
Robert Koch Institute
Berlin
Germany
Joep Lange, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, National AIDS Therapy Evaluation Center
Academic Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Ahmed S. Latif, MBChB, FCP, MD
Professor
Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Zimbabwe Medical School
Harare
Zimbabwe
Christopher K.C. Lee, MD
Infectious Disease Physician
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Norman L. Letvin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
USA
Jay A. Levy, MD
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
USA
Jean-Paul Levy, MD
Former Director, ANRS
Professor
Hôpital Cochin
Paris
France
David S. Lewi
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Federal University of São Paulo
Brazil
Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat, MD, MPH
Adjunct Director
The HIV/AIDS Collaboration
Ministry of Public Health
Nonthaburi
Thailand
Dan R. Littman, MD, PhD
Professor
Skirball Institute
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
USA
André Villela Lomar, MD
Chief Professor of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
School of Medicine, Mogi das Cruzes University
São Paulo
Brazil
Franco Lori, MD
Scientific Director
Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy (RIGHT)
IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Pavia
Italy
Chewe Luo, MD
University Teaching Hospital
Lusaka
Zambia
Mike McCune, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator
Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, San Francisco
USA
James McIntyre, MBChB, MRCOG
Associate Professor
Director, Perinatal HIV Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Andrew McMichael, MB, PhD, FRS
Director
MRC Human Immunology Unit
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
UK
Carlos Magis, MD, MPH
Research Director
National AIDS Program
Mexico City
Mexico
Malegapuru William Makgoba, MBChB, DPhil, FRCP, FRSSAfr.
Professor/President
Medical Research Council of South Africa
Cape Town
South Africa
Des Martin, MD
President, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
Johannesburg
South Africa
M.J. Matjila, MBChB, MMed
Department of Community Health
MEDUNSA
South Africa
Philippe Mauclere, MD
Director, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Chipo Mbanje
Zimbabwe
Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, MBChB, MMed, MPH
Senior Lecturer
Department of Paediatrics
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Souleymane M’Boup, PharmD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
University Cheikh Anta DIOP
Dakar
Senegal
Nicolas Meda
Burkina Faso
John W. Mellors, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
Thomas C. Merigan, MD
Becker Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for AIDS Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
USA
Michael H. Merson, MD
Dean of Public Health
Professor and Chairman
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CN
USA
Fred Mhalu, MD
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Frank Miedema, PhD
Manager, Research & Development Division
CLB
Professor, Immunology of AIDS
Academic Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Francis Miiro, MBChB, FROG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Makerere University Medical School
Kampala
Uganda
Steven Miller, MMed, MRCPath
Medical Director, InnovirInstitute
Johannesburg
South Africa
Veronica Miller, PhD
Director, Interdisciplinary HIV Research Unit
HIV Outpatient Clinic
J.W. Goethe University
Frankfurt
Germany
John Mills, MD
Professor of Medicine & Microbiology
Director, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
Melbourne
Australia
Hiroaki Mitsuya, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Kumamoto University School of Medicine
Japan
Luc Montagnier, MD
Professor
Virus Oncology Unit
Institut Pasteur
Paris
France
Julio S.G. Montaner, MD
Chair, AIDS Research
Director, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada
John P. Moore, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
USA
Lynn Morris, PhD
National Institute for Virology
Johannesburg
South Africa
Roy D. Mugerwa, MBChB, MMed
Professor of Medicine
Makerere University Medical School
Kampala
Uganda
Philippa Musoke, MBChB, FAAP
Department of Pediatrics
Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University
Research Collaboration
Kampala
Uganda
Rosemary M. Musonda, MD
Senior Immunologist
Tropical Disease Research Centre
Ndola
Zambia
Alwyn Mwinga, MBChB, MMed
Coordinator UNZA-UCLM Project
Department of Medicine
University of Zambia
Lusaka
Zambia
Warren Naamara, MBChB, MSPH
Country Programme Adviser
UNAIDS Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia
Nairobi
Kenya
Gary J. Nabel, MD, PhD
Vaccine Research Center
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
USA
Rafael Nájera, MD, PhD, DPH
Chief, Department of Viral Pathogenesis
National Center for Fundamental Biology
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Majadahonda
Madrid
Spain
Neal Nathanson, MD
Professor
Director, Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
USA
Ruth Nduati, MBChB, MMed, MPH
Senior Lecturer
Department of Paediatrics
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Mun Hon Ng, MD
Professor
Chairman, Hong Kong AIDS Foundation
Department of Microbiology
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
John N. Nkengasong, PhD
Centers for Disease Control
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Susie A. Noguiera, MD, PhD
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Andrew Nunn, MSc
Head Division Without Portfolio
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
London
UK
Makase Nyaphisi, MD, MPH
Public Health Specialist
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
Maseru
Lesotho
Stephen J. O’Brien, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity
National Cancer Institute
Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Frederick, MD
USA
Shinichi Oka, MD
Director, AIDS Clinical Center
International Medical Center of Japan
Tokyo
Japan
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Switzerland
Finn Skou Pedersen, PhD
Professor
University of Aarhus
Denmark
Martine Peeters, PhD
Virologist
Institut pour la Recherche en Developement (IRD)
Montpellier
France
Alan S. Perelson
Group Leader
Theoretical Biology & Biophysics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico, USA
Gloria Echeverria de Perez, MD, MSc
Professor of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine
Central University of Venezuela
Caracas
Venezuela
Max F. Perutz, PhD
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1962
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Cambridge
UK
John P. Phair, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Comprehensive AIDS Center
and Division of Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
USA
Praphan Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Director, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Bangkok
Thailand
Gaston Picchio
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California
USA
William G. Powderly, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
USA
Walter Prozesky, MBChB
Professor, Director
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Cape Town
South Africa
Thomas C. Quinn, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
USA
Julio A. Ramirez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
USA
Douglas D. Richman, MD
Professor of Pathology and Medicine
University of California, San Diego and
San Diego VA Healthcare System
La Jolla, CA
USA
Carlos Magis Rodríguez
Research Director
National AIDS Progam
Mexico
Christine Rouzioux, MD, PhD
Professor
Groupe Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Sarah Rowland-Jones, DM, FRCP
MRC Senior Fellow
Human Immunology Unit
Institute of Molecular Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
UK
Li Ruan, MD, PhD
Director, Institute of Virology
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
Beijing
China
Kiat Ruxrungtham
Deputy Director
HIV-NAT, TRC AIDS Research Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
Michael S. Saag, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, AIDS Outpatient Clinic
University of Alabama, Birmingham
USA
Jorge Saavedra, MD
Mexico City AIDS Prevention, Control and Care Committee
Mexico DF
Mexico
Horacio Salomón
National Reference Center for AIDS
Department of Microbiology
University of Buenos Aires
Argentina
N.M. Samuel, MBBS, MSc, PhD
Professor and Head of Division
Department of Experimental Medicine
& AIDS Resource Center
President, AIDS Society of India
TN Dr. MGR Medical University
Chennai
India
Eduardo Savio, MD
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
University of the Republic
Montevideo, Uruguay
Gabriella Scarlatti, MD, PhD
HIV Immunobiology Unit, Laboratory of Virology
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy
Ernesto G. Scerpella, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Immunology Section
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA
Robert T. Schooley
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
USA
Mauro Schechter, MD, PhD
Professor of Infectious Diseases
Head, AIDS Research Laboratory
Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Shobha Sehgal, MD, FAMS
Emeritus Scientist
Indian Council of Medical Research
Department of Immunopathology
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh
India
Maxime Seligmann, MD
Professor
Hôpital Saint-Louis
Paris
France
David Serwadda, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Public Health
Kampala
Uganda
Pradeep Seth, MD, FAMS
Professor and Head
Department of Microbiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
India
Wing Hong Seto, MD
Professor
President, Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong
Nelson Sewankambo, MD
Dean, Makerere Medical School
Kampala
Uganda
George M. Shaw, MD, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
USA
Robert Siliciano, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
USA
Freddy Sitas, PhD
Head, National Cancer Registry
Director, MRC/SAIMR/CANSA/WITS
Cancer Epidemiology Research Group
Johannesburg
South Africa
Margaret Siwale, MD
Senior Pediatrician
ZCCM Clinic
Lusaka
Zambia
Peter G. Smith, DSc
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, UK
Joseph G. Sodroski, MD
Professor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
USA
Vincent Soriano, MD
Section Chief
Service of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Carlos III
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Madrid
Spain
Papa Salif Sow, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases
Fann Hospital
Dakar
Senegal
Mario Stevenson, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Worcester, MA
USA
John L. Sullivan, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
USA
Didi Sumarsidi, MD
Yayasan Hati Sehat Foundation
Mataram
Indonesia
Amilcar Tanuri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Head, Molecular Virology Laboratory
Department of Genetics
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Achara Teeraratkul, MD
Medical Epidemiologist
HIV/AIDS Collaboration
Bangkok
Thailand
Andre Tehe, MD
Assistant Chief
Clinical Biological Laboratory
Projet RETRO-CI
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Hiroshi Terunuma, MD, PhD
Department of Microbiology
Yamanashi Medical University
Japan
Sheila D. Tlou, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
Pier-Angelo Tovo, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Turin
Italy
Angela Trenton-Mbonde
Master of Health Services Administration
Country Programme Adviser, UNAIDS
Lilongwe, Malawi
Patricia Uribe-Zúñiga, MD
Researcher and General Director
AIDS National Council (CONASIDA)
Mexico City
Mexico
Charles van der Horst, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
USA
Philippe Van de Perre, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Centre Muraz/OCCGE
Bobo-Dioulasso
Burkina Faso
Carine Van Lint, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Brussels
Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine
Gosselies
Belgium
Juan Diego Vélez
Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Valle del Lili Foundation
Cali, Colombia
Stefano Vella, MD
President-Elect, International AIDS Society
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Rome
Italy
V.K. Vinayak, MD
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
New Delhi
India
Marco Antônio de Ávila Vitória, MD
HIV Care Unit
National STD/AIDS Programme
Ministry of Health
Brasília, DF
Brazil
Paul Volberding, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Positive Health Program
San Francisco General Hospital
Co-Director, Center for AIDS Research
San Francisco, CA
USA
Mark A. Wainberg, PhD
President, International AIDS Society
Professor
McGill University AIDS Centre
Montreal
Canada
Simon Wain-Hobson, PhD
Professor
Molecular Retrovirology Unit
Institut Pasteur
Paris
France
Bruce D. Walker, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Partners AIDS Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Kean Wang, MD
Director, National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control
President, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
Beijing, China
Seng Sut Wantha, MD
Deputy Director
National Center for HIV/AIDS
Ministry of Health
Kingdom of Cambodia
David A. Warrell, MA, DM, DSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FMedSci
Professor of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases
Director, The Centre for Tropical Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
University of Oxford
UK
Jonathan Weber
UK
Robin A. Weiss
Professor of Viral Oncology
Wohl Virion Centre
Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences
University College London
UK
Hilton Whittle, FRCP
Deputy Director
Medical Research Laboratories
Banjul, The Gambia
Hans Wigzell, MD, PhD
President
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm
Sweden
Catherine Wilfert, MD
Scientific Director
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Professor Emerita
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
USA
Carolyn Williamson, PhD
South African Institute for Medical Research
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Dewa N. Wirawan, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Public Health
School of Medicine
Udayana University
Denpasar, Bali
Indonesia
Marcelo J. Wolff, MD, FACP
University of Chile School of Medicine
Arriaran Foundation
Santiago, Chile
Robin Wood, FCP (SA)
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Zunyou Wu, MD
National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
Beijing
China
Zheng Xiwen, MD, MSc
Deputy Director (Executive)
National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control
Beijing
China
Weimin Xu
China
Naoki Yamamoto, MD
Professor and Chairman
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Department of Microbiology
Tokyo
Japan
Patrick Yeni, MD, PhD
Professor
Groupe Hôspitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard
Paris
France
Carlos Zala, MD
Huesped Foundation
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Leopold Zekeng, MD
Clinical Biologist
National AIDS Committee
Ministry of Public Health
Yaounde
Cameroon
Fujie Zhang, MD
Deputy Chief, Department of Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Beijing Ditan Hospital
Beijing
China
Xiwen Zheng
China
Lynn Sodai Zijenah, PhD
Lecturer
Department of Immunology
University of Zimbabwe Medical School
Harare
Zimbabwe
Rolf Zinkernagel, PhD
Professor, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1996
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Ali Zumla, PhD, FRCP
Professor
Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases
University College London
UK
Committee Secretary
Peter Hale
AIDS Research Alliance
Los Angeles, CA