15th International Workshop on Women & HIV 2025

Organizing Committee

The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.

Scientific Committee

The members of the Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.

• Karoline Aebi-Popp, PD, MD, MSc, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
• Sergii Antoniak, MD, Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
• Dawn Averitt, The Well Project/WRI, United States
• Olga Belyaeva, Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs (ENPUD), Ukraine
• Marina Bobkova, MD, PhD, Gamaleya Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Ministry of Health, Russia
• Claudia Cortes, MD, University of Chile, Chile
• Dazon Dixon Diallo, MPH, Sister Love, United States
• Mirjam-Colette Kempf, MD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
• Justyna Kowalska, MD, PhD, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Poland
• Allen Kyendikuwa, BA, Uganda Youth Coalition on Adolescent SRHR and HIV (CYSRA), Uganda
• Mona Loutfy, MD, FRCPC, MPH, Women's College Research Institute (Univ. Toronto), Canada
• Mariana Mardarescu, MD, PhD, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Prof. Dr. Matei Bals", Romania
• Catia Marzolini, PharmD, PhD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
• Deborah Money, MD, FRCSC, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Teresia Otieno, ATHENA Network, United States
• Lena Serghides, PhD, University Health Network, Canada
• William R. Short, MD, MPH, FIDSA, University of Pennsylvania, United States
• Shema Tariq, PhD, FRCP, University College London, United Kingdom
• Patricia Vasquez, MD, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Chile
• Marta Vasylyev, MD, Astar Medical Center, Ukraine
• Markella Zanni, MD, MGH/Harvard Medical School, United States