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WRI Members

Erika Aaron is an assistant professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia and has and has been providing care to persons with HIV/AIDS since 1989.

Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH*

Dr. Adaora Adimora is a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Judith D. Auerbach, PhD*

Judith Auerbach is a public sociologist, independent science and policy consultant, and professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Dawn Averitt*

Dawn Averitt was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 at age 19 and has since become one of the nation's most prominent HIV and AIDS advocates as well as an accomplished speaker and published writer on women's health issues.

Gina Brown, MD

Gina Brown, an obstetrician and gynecologist, joined the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) as a medical officer to manage microbicides and women's and girl's research issues.

Gina Brown, RSW

Gina Brown, RSW, is a regional organizer with the Southern AIDS Coalition. She has worked in the field of HIV for 14 years and has been living with HIV for 22 years.

Jenna Conley*

Jenna Conley has managed communications efforts for The Well Project since 2007.

Elizabeth Connick, MD

Elizabeth Connick is a professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Arizona. She is an immunologist with a specific interest in the immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and cure strategies who is well known for studies of lymphoid tissue reservoirs and clinical trials of immune-based therapies.

Dázon Dixon Diallo, MPH, DHL

Dázon Dixon Diallo is a recognized visionary and advocate in the struggle for women's human rights and reproductive justice, and the fight against HIV/AIDS, on behalf of communities of women living with HIV and those at risk for HIV and STIs.

Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD

Lisa Fitzpatrick is an infectious diseases physician and CDC-trained medical epidemiologist. Her career has spanned research, clinical medicine, global health, community health education and patient advocacy.