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70th Meeting of the
Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council
January 29, 2026
Virtual Meeting
NIH Videocast Link | 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
| 12:30 PM | Welcome & IntroductionsCAPT Mary Glenshaw, Ph.D. M.P.H., OARAC Executive Secretary, Associate Director of External Engagement, Office of AIDS Research, NIH Luis Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., OARAC Chairperson, Executive Vice President and Director, HIV Cure & Viral Diseases Center, The Wistar Institute |
| 12:45 PM | Report: Office of AIDS Research Director Geri Donenberg, Ph.D., Associate Director for AIDS Research and Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH |
| 1:00 PM | Update: HIV Clinical Trials Network External ReviewLeslie Marshall, Ph.D., Acting Deputy Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH |
| 1:15 PM | Update: HIV and Pharmacy ProgramMichael J. Stirratt, Ph.D., Program Officer and Senior Behavioral Scientist, Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Geetanjali Bansal, M.Sc., Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Office of AIDS Research, NIH |
| 1:30 PM | Discussion |
| 1:50 PM | Break |
| 2:00 PM | HIV Implementation Science StrategyMatthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S., Principal Deputy Director, NIH Geri R. Donenberg, Ph.D. |
| 3:00 PM | Addressing Needs and Expanding Opportunities in HIV ECI MentorshipNIH Program Perspectives to Support HIV Research Mentorship: Highlights from NIMH and NIDA Vasundhara Varthakavi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Acting Director, HIV Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH Susannah Allison, Ph.D., Program Officer and Training Director, National Institute of Mental Health, NIHDiscussion with OARAC and Invited GuestsInvited Discussants: Gregory D. Kirk, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Vice Dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Jillian Pintye, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, Associate Professor, Global Health, and Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Department of Global Health, University of Washington Elise Riley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor in Residence, Division of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
| 3:45 PM | Updates: NIH Advisory Council RepresentativesVasundhara Varthakavi, D.V.M., Ph.D. Dianne Rausch, Ph.D., Director, Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Robert Eisinger, Ph.D., Acting Director, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH |
| 4:10 PM | Updates: HIV Clinical Guidelines Working Groups of OARACPediatric Opportunistic Infections Guidelines Franklin Yates, M.D., M.A., Medical Officer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH |
| 4:20 PM | Public Comment | Closing Remarks | AdjournmentCAPT Mary Glenshaw, Ph.D. M.P.H. Luis Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil. |