Jessica Salzwedel, MA is a Senior Program Manager of Research Engagement at AVAC, a non-governmental based in New York City. Jessica leads the HIV cure research advocacy work – developing research literacy materials, policy analysis, and developing global networks of advocates contributing to the acceleration of HIV cure research. She also serves as the community engagement coordinator for Research Enterprise to Advance a Cure for HIV, lmmunotherapy for Cure, and Pediatric Adolescent Virus Elimination (REACH, 14C and PAVE respectively), three of ten NIH-funded international collaboratories aimed at developing therapeutic interventions to cure HIV infection. Jessica is an expert on Good Participatory Practice, a framework for integrating stakeholders throughout the research lifecycle. Over the past ten years she has developed a suite of online and in-person trainings to translate the GPP guidelines into action and has supported research sites, sponsors and advocacy organizations develop stakeholder engagement programs.
