Home > Spring 2004

1. 

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D.

2. 

Richard Garfield, Dr.P.H.

Ronald Waldman, M.D., M.P.H.

3. 

Dickson Despommier, Ph.D.

4. 

Sarah, J. Schlesinger, M.D.

Elaine J. Abrams, M.D.

5. 

Seth F. Berkley, M.D.

Eve Slater, M.D.

Roy Vagelos, M.D.

6. 

Maria Freire, Ph.D.

Waafa El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H.

7.  

Panos Papapanou, D.D.S., Ph.D.

8. 

Allan Rosenfield, M.D.

9. 

Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.

Sarah J. Schlesinger M.D. is a research associate professor in the laboratory of cellular immunology and physiology at The Rockefeller University and a research scientist at The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute. Dr. Schlesinger has been actively engaged in HIV/AIDS and HIV vaccine research for 10 years, and has published over 50 papers on the subject. Dr. Schlesinger led the Dendritic Cell program at the Division of Retrovirology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (1990-2002) She is now an active member of the research team at Aaron Diamond that is devoting considerable efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of the AIDS epidemic.

Elaine J. Abrams is the associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of the Family Care Center at Harlem Hospital. Her work has primarily focused on pediatric HIV infection, transmission of infection from mother to child, and the natural history of the disease in children. She is also interested in the development of comprehensive care and treatment programs for women and children in the US and abroad.