WRI 2024 Participants

Karine is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, and Adjunct Faculty at the UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management.

Nada Fadul is a Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases and Assistant Dean for DEI Education Programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).

Olivia G. Ford (she/her; they/them), The Well Project's editorial director, has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007.

Waru Gichane is an Assistant Professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) research program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California San Francisco.

Passionate about creating positive change, Connie L. Johnson is a dedicated professional committed to social justice, community advocacy, and youth development.

Jennifer Kates is senior vice president and director of the Global Health & HIV Policy Program at KFF, where she oversees policy analysis and research focused on the U.S. government's role in global health and on the global and domestic HIV epidemics.

Living with Black Girl Magic, HIV, and chronic optimism, Kamaria Laffrey serves nationally as a speaker, an advocate, and Co-Executive Director for HIV policy reform with The SERO Project, and a spokesperson for the treatment adherence and self-care campaign "Positively Fearless" with Janssen.

Aryah Lester, a nationally awarded author, model, speaker, and educator, is a black woman of transgender experience from New York living in the Washington DC area.

Tiommi Jenae Luckett is a woman of trans experience of African descent from Arkansas, now based in Pennsylvania.

Leslie Marshall is a product development scientist and health research administrator with diverse practical experiences in academic, government, and industry settings.