Principal Investigator
AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
Dr. Melanie Thompson has been caring for persons living with HIV since 1982. As Principal Investigator of the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta since 1988, she has conducted over 400 studies in the areas of HIV treatment, prevention, diagnostics and epidemiology, as well as HCV and STI diagnostics and treatment. She currently serves on the HHS Antiretroviral Guidelines panel and the International Antiviral Society-USA Antiretroviral Guidelines panel. She is Immediate Past Chair of the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) and serves on its Ryan White Medical Providers Steering Committee. She is co-chair of the HIVMA/IDSA HIV Primary Care Guidance Panel and serves on the IDSA/HIVMA STD Working Group. She serves as Interim Chair of the Fulton County HIV/AIDS Advisory Committee and was Executive Editor of the Strategy to End AIDS in Fulton County, published in 2017. She serves on the Georgia Department of Public Health's HIV Medical Advisory Committee and its Legal and Ethical Advisory Committee. Her passion is to contribute to the end of the domestic HIV epidemic, especially in the South, through treatment, prevention, policy, and the elimination of stigma.
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Friday, October 23, 2020
4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT
