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Sponsors and Partners

This study is sponsored by the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Study medication for this investigation is donated by Gilead Sciences. This study is under the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational new drug (IND) number 71,859.

Collaborating Institutions

J. David Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Protocol chair:
Robert Grant, MD, MPH

Study coordinator:
Vanessa McMahan

Laboratory coordinator:
Patricia Defechereux, PhD

Laboratory coordinator of international sites:
Robert Hance

Communications & community relations:
Pedro Goicochea, MSc, MA

Medical officer:
Albert Liu, MD, MPH

Study statistician:
Dave Glidden, PhD

Financial analyst:
Luke Smith, MBA

Behavioral data analyst:
Jeff McConnell, MA

Investigaciones Médicas en Salud - INMENSA

Protocol co-chair:
Javier Lama, MD, MPH

Study coordinator:
Lorena Vargas

Community educator:
Julio Gilvonio, MD

Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación - Impacta

Site investigator:
Juan Vicente Guanira, MD, MPH

Study coordinator:
Maria Esther Ramirez, MD

Asociación Civil Selva Amazónica - ACSA

Site investigator:
Martín Casapía, MD, MPH

Study coordinator:
Jorge Baldeón, MD

Community educator:
Lucía Ruiz

Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad

Site investigator:
Telmo Fernández, MD, MPH

Site director:
Orlando Montoya

Study coordinator:
Luis Fernando Galarza

Fenway Community Health

Site investigator:
Kenneth Mayer, MD

Study coordinator:
Jocelyn Trufant, RN, MPH

Community educator::
Jim Maynard

San Francisco Department of Public Health

Site investigator:
Susan Buchbinder, MD

Co-investigator:
Albert Liu, MD, MPH

Study coordinator:
Kerry Murphy, NP

Community educator:
Gavin Morrow-Hall

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

Site investigator:
Linda Gail-Bekker, PhD

Study coordinator:
Elize Batist

Community educator:
Benjamin Brown

Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) - FIOCRUZ

Site investigator:
Jose Henrique Pilotto, MD

Study coordinator:
Lucilene Freitas

Community educator:
Juan Carlos Raxach, MD

Projeto Praça Onze - UFRJ

Site investigator:
Mauro Schechter, MD, PhD

Study coordinator:
Karina Yoshida

Community educator:
Monica Barbosa

Universidade de Sao Paulo

Site investigator:
Esper Kallas, MD, PhD

Study coordinator:
Ricardo Palacios, MD, PhD

Community Educator:
Ricardo Fernández Gamboa

Research Institute for Health Sciences (RIHES)

Site investigator:
Suwat Chariyalertsak

Study coordinator:
Pongpun Saokhieo

Community Educator:
Chonlisa Chariyalertsak