Every year, NASTAD and the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) partner to create an opportunity for current GW first-year medical students to study the federal "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America" initiative and develop innovative proposals to address the HIV epidemic at the local level.

This year's participants are:

District of Columbia

Clover L. Barnes, MBA, BSN, RN (she/her/ella)

Senior Deputy Director, CARE, Housing and Support Services

HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA)

DC Health

clover.barnes@dc.gov

 

Indiana

Jeremy Turner (he/him)

Director

Division of HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis
Indiana Department of Health

jturner3@isdh.in.gov 

 

Maryland

Hope Cassidy-Stewart (she/her)

Manager, Center for Strategic Investment

Maryland Department of Health

hope.cassidy-stewart@maryland.gov

 

New York City

Ben Tsoi, MD, MPH (he/him)

Director of HIV Prevention

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

btsoi@health.nyc.gov

 

North Carolina

Robert “ Bob” Winstead

Ryan White Part B/HOPWA Program Manager

Communicable Disease Branch

Division of Public Health

N.C. Dept of Health and Human Services
robert.winstead@dhhs.nc.gov

 

Philadelphia 

Kathleen A. Brady, MD, MSCE (she/her/hers)

Director/Medical Director, Division of HIV Health

Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Kathleen.A.Brady@phila.gov

Phone: (215) 685-4778

 

Virginia

Elaine Martin

Director, Division of Disease Prevention

Virginia Department of Health

elaine.martin@vdh.virginia.gov