Judith Auerbach is a Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and an independent science and policy consultant. She previously served in leadership positions at the National Institutes of Health, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, amfAR, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Judy received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught, presented, and published widely in the areas of social factors that influence HIV epidemics and related health inequalities, attention to women in the HIV/AIDS response, and community-engaged research. She has served on numerous professional and advisory groups, including the Scientific Advisory Board of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society, and the Advisory Group of the Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS. Judy has received numerous awards, including election in 2022 as a lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
