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
Indiana
Jeremy Turner (he/him)
Director
Division of HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis
Indiana Department of Health
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
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
Phone: (215) 685-4778
Virginia
Elaine Martin
Director, Division of Disease Prevention
Virginia Department of Health