OARAC Members
Council members are appointed by the Secretary and are leading members of public health and scientific fields. Persons living with HIV and their advocates are also represented.
Members
Chair
Sharon L. Hillier, Ph.D. (’12)
Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Director, Center of Excellence in Women’s
Health
Magee-Womens Hospital
Executive Secretary
Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D.
Director, Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Judith Auerbach, Ph.D. (’13)
Vice President, Research and Evaluation
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Stefano M. Bertozzi, Ph.D. (’15)
Director
HIV and Tuberculosis Global Health Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
David B. Clifford, M.D. (’13)
Professor
Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
Myron S. Cohen, M.D. (’15)
Professor
Department of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology
Director, UNC Center for HIV/STDs and Infectious Diseases
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Steven Deeks, M.D. (’15)
Positive Health Program
San Francisco General Hospital
Carrie E. Foote, Ph.D. (’13)
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Indiana University-Purdue University
Patricia Garcia, M.D., M.P.H. (’13)
Associate Professor
Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Igor Grant, M.D. (’15)
Professor and Executive Vice Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
Yvonne M. Green (’12)
Program Assistant
N Street Village
Lisa Jacobson, Sc.D. (’13)
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Catalina Sol, M.P.H. (’12)
Chief Programs Officer
La Clinicia del Pueblo
Ronald Swanstrom, Ph.D. (’13)
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Lineberger Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Irene S. Vernon, Ph.D. (’12)
Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies
Colorado State University
Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H. (’15)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mitchell J. Warren, Ph.D. (’15)
Executive Director
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)
Judith N. Wasserheit, M.D., M.P.H. (’13)
Vice Chair & Professor
Department of Global Health
Professor of Global Health and Medicine
University of Washington
Craig M. Wilson, M.D. (‘15)
Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ex Officio Members
National Institutes of Health
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., F.F.P.H.
Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Victoria Davey, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chief Officer
Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards
U.S. Department of Defense
Nelson L. Michael, M.D., Ph.D.
Colonel, Medical Corps
United States Army
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
National Advisory Allergy and Infectious
Diseases Council
Myron S. Cohen, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, UNC Center for HIV/STDs and Infectious Diseases
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
National Cancer Advisory Board
H. Kim Lyerly, M.D.
George Barth Geller Professor of Cancer Research
Director
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
Steven M. Wolinsky, M.D.
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
National Advisory Mental Health Council
Ralph J. DiClemente, Ph.D.
Charles H. Candler Professor
Professor, School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
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
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Working Group on Clinical Practices for the
Treatment of HIV Infection
John G. Bartlett, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine