Cohort 1 Scholars
University of Alabama School
of Medicine
HVTN Site: University of Alabama and Lima
Mentors: Paul Goepfert and Jorge Sanchez
Project Title: “Public Perceptions of HIV Prevention Strategies”
Mount Sinai School of
Medicine
HVTN Site: Cape Town
Mentors: Linda-Gail Bekker and Magda Sobieszczyk
Project Title: “Assessing the impact of an HIV education campaign in a peri-urban community of Cape Town, South Africa.”
University of Kentucky
School of Medicine
HVTN Site: Lima
Mentors: Javier Lama and Greg Wilson
Project Title: “HIV Vaccine Acceptability Among Groups at High Risk for HIV Infection in Lima, Peru”
Commonwealth Medical
College
HVTN Site: Fenway
Mentors: Ken Mayer and Michele Andrasik
Project Title: "Evaluating the effectiveness of HIV clinical trials recruitment strategies in subpopulations of MSM and MTF transgender individuals"
Duke Medical School
HVTN Site: Duke Central Lab
Mentors: Julie McElrath and Barton Haynes
Project Title: “Characterization of the Memory B Cell and Plasma Cell Repertoires with Functional Analysis of the Antibodies Generated in Response to a HIV Envelope DNA Prime and rAd5 Vector Boost Vaccination Regimen.”
Stanford School of
Medicine
HVTN Site: San Francisco Department of Public Health
Mentor: Jonathan Fuchs
Project Title: “Facilitators and Barriers to Participating in HIV Vaccine Trials.”