Biography

Mary Clare Masters, MD, MSCI is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. Her research centers on functional outcomes among older people with HIV (PWH). In her current NIA K23-funded research, Dr. Masters is studying implementation of  HIV clinic-based screening for impaired cognition and physical function among older PWH. She also has an interest in applied translational geroscience in the context of HIV. As such, she serves as co-chair of the ACTG A5426 study, which a is a pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dasatinib and quercetin in improving physical function outcomes to among older PWH who have frailty and reduced walking speed.