17th International Workshop on Pediatrics & HIV 2025

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

We are proud to present the members of the committee:

• Adam Bartlett, BSc, MBBS, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP - Sydney Children's Hospital / Kirby Institute, Australia
• Ulrich von Both, MD, FRCPCH - Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Germany
• Jason Brophy, MD, MSc, DTM, FRCPC - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
• Ellen Chadwick, MD - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, United States
• Anita De Rossi, PhD - University of Padova / Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCCS, Italy
• Marinella Della Negra, MD, PhD - Hospital Emilio Ribas, Brazil
• Brian Eley, MD - University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Albert Faye, PhD - Denis Diderot University, Paris, France
• Rashida Ferrand, MBBS, FRCP, PhD - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine / Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe
• Patricia Flynn, MD - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States
• Tessa Goetghebuer, MD - Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance / CHU Saint-Pierree, Belgium
• Ali Judd, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom
• Valériane Leroy, MD - Inserm, Paris, France
• Chewe Luo, MD, PhD - UNICEF, United States
• Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, MBChB, MMed, MPH - Independent Consultant, Kenya
• Immaculate Mutisya, MMed - Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya
• Sharon Nachman, MD - SUNY Stony Brook / IMPAACT, United States
• Tim Niehues, MD, Helios Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Krefeld, Germany
• Clare Nourse, AM, BA, MB, BCH, BAO DCH, MRCPI, FRACP, MD - Children's Health Queensland / University of Queensland, Australia
• Paul Palumbo, MD - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, United States
• Martina Penazzato, MD, MSc, PhD - World Health Organization, Switzerland
• Kathleen Powis, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
• Natella Rakhmanina, MD, PhD, FAAP, FCP, AAHIVS - Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation / Children’s National Hospital, United States
• Theodore Ruel, MD - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, United States
• George Siberry, MD, MPH, FAAP, FPIDS - Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States
• Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, MBChB, MMed - University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
• Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, MD, ScM, PhD - Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Graham Taylor, MD - Imperial College, United Kingdom
• Claire Thorne, BA, MSc, PhD - University College London, United Kingdom
• Priscilla Tsondai, MBChB and MPH, International AIDS Society, South Africa
• Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

The members of 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.