2016 HIV Diagnostics Conference Committee

 

Conference co-chairs:

Monica Parker, PhD

Laboratory Chief, Blood-borne Diseases

Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health

Michele Owen, PhD

Acting Senior Advisor for Laboratory Diagnostics

Team Lead for the HIV Incidence and Diagnostics Laboratory

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Scientific Committee co-chairs:

Cornelis (Kees) Rietmeijer, MD, PhD

President, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA)

Professor, Community & Behavioral Health

Colorado School of Public Health

Kelly Wroblewski, MPH, MT (ASCP)

Director, Infectious Disease

Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

Laura Wesolowski, PhD

Diagnostics Activities Lead, Special Studies and Diagnostics Team

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Scientific Committee Members:

Berry Bennett, MPH

Retrovirology Section Chief

Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories

Barbara A Body, PhD, D(ABMM)

Vice President and Director

Atlantic Division Regional Laboratory & Center for Esoteric Testing

Laboratory Corporation of America

Pollyanna R Chavez, PhD

Special Studies and Diagnostics Team

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kevin P Delaney, MPH, PhD

Special Studies and Diagnostics Team

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Steven F Ethridge, MT (ASCP)

Special Studies and Diagnostics Team

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Indira Hewlett, PhD

Chief of Laboratory of Molecular Virology

Centers for Biologics Evaluation and Research

Food and Drug Administration

Richard L Hodinka, PhD

Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Professor, Microbiology

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Eugene Martin, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Joanne Mei, PhD

Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chris Pilcher, MD

Associate Professor Department of Medicine

University of Southern California School of Medicine

Liisa Randall, PhD

Director of Health Care Planning

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Benjamin Tsoi, MD, MPH

Deputy Director of HIV Prevention

Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

CDC Physician Planner:
Phil Peters, MD

CDC Pharmacist Planner:
Paul Weidle, MPH, PharmD

CDC Nurse Planner:
Sharon Hall, PhD, MsN, BsN