
WRI 2024: The Role of Policy in Access to HIV Research and Services Among Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV
Allison Agwu, MD, ScM
Professor of Pediatric and Adult Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University
ageorg10@jhmi.edu
Judith Auerbach, PhD*
Professor
University of California San Francisco
judithd.auerbach@gmail.com
Richard Averitt (co-monderator)
Co-Founder and Board
The Well Project and Starchive.io
richard@starchive.io
Kellan Baker, PhD, MPH, MA
Executive Director
Whitman-Walker Institute
kbaker@whitman-walker.org
Jenna Conley, MA
WRI Director
The Well Project
jconley@thewellproject.org
Karine Dube, DrPH
Associate Professor
UCSD School of Medicine
kdube@health.ucsd.edu
Olivia Ford (staff)
Editorial Director
The Well Project
oford@thewellproject.org
Kaye Hayes, MPA
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infectious Disease
Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
Kaye.hayes@hhs.gov
Jen Kates, PhD*
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health & HIV Policy
KFF
jkates@kff.org
Kamaria Laffrey
Co-Executive Director
The Sero Project
Kamaria.laffrey@seroproject.com
Tiommi Luckett, AA
National Organizer
Transgender Law Center
tiommi@trangenderlawcenter.org
Krista Martel
Executive Director
The Well Project
kmartel@thewellproject.org
Shani Mandisa Moore-O’Neal, JD
Executive Director
Center for HIV Law and Policy
mmooreoneal@hivlawandpolicy.org
Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN (co-moderator)
Stakeholder Liaison
The Well Project
bridgettejpicou@gmail.com
Catalina Ramirez, MPH, MHA
Research Director
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catalina-ramirez@med.unc.edu
Ifeoma Udoh, PhD
Executive VP, Policy Advocacy and Science
Black Women’s Health Imperative
iudoh@bwhi.org
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH
Hauser Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School
Rochelle.walensky.md@gmail.com
Andrea Weddle, MSW*
Executive Director
HIV Medicine Association
aweddle@hivma.org
Nancie Archin, PhD*
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
nancie_archin@med.unc.edu
Dawn Averitt*
Founder
The Well Project and WRI
dawnaveritt@gmail.com
Jacqueline Ayers, JD
Senior Vice President, Policy, Campaigns & Advocacy
Planned Parenthood
Jacqueline.ayers@ppfa.org
Cecilia Chung
Senior Adviser
Transgender Law Center
cecilia@transgenderlawcenter.org
Lindsey Dawson, MPP
Associate Director, HIV Policy
KFF
lindseyd@kff.org
Nada Fadul, MD
Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nada.fadul@unmc.edu
Waru Gichane, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
University of California San Francisco
Waru.gichane@ucsf.edu
Connie Johnson, MA
Founder
Growing Into Greatness
Beyondmeasure2013@gmail.com
Aryah Lester
Executive Director
Transgender Strategy Center
aryahl@transgenderstrategy.org
Leslie Marshall, PhD
Senior Science Advisor
NIH Office of AIDS Research
Leslie.marshall@nih.gov
Marnina Miller, AA
Co-Executive Director
Positive Women’s Network USA
Marnina.miller@yahoo.com
Amaya Perez-Brumer, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
a.perezbrumer@utoronto.ca
Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C
Professor
Duke University School of Nursing
tpoteat123@gmail.com
Laramie Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
University of California San Diego
laramie@ucsd.edu
Deborah Wafer, NP, PA
Senior Director
Gilead Sciences
Deborah.wafer@gilead.com
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, PhD
Dean – Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
cwhayes@umich.edu
Helen Zimba, BS
HIV Programs Manager
The Afiya Center
Hzimba.theafiyacenter@gmail.com
* Advisory Group Member