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About the TN CFAR Scientific Advisory Boards
Our External and Internal Scientific Advisory Boards provide high-level advice, critical feedback, and guidance to the leadership of the Tennessee CFAR.
External Scientific Advisory Board Members
Barney Graham, MD, PhD, Chair (MSM)
Dr. Graham has extensive experience and interest in HIV pathogenesis and vaccine development. He understands the institutional commitment and unique resources at VU and MMC that will form the basis of the CFAR.
Richard Chaisson, MD (Johns Hopkins)
Dr. Chaisson is Director of the CFAR at Johns Hopkins. He has extensive experience in managing large research organizations and projects that bring together international collaborators and provide opportunities for development of new investigators while studying important strategies for understanding and controlling TB and HIV.
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH (UNC)
Dr. Adimora is Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a physician epidemiologist expert in studying social, behavioral, and biomedical factors that influence risk of acquiring HIV and other STDs. She has extensive clinical experience in caring for PLWH.
Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc (UAB)
Dr. Mugavero is expert in HIV medication adherence. His research focuses on all aspects of HIV health services utilization ranging from diagnosis and initial linkage to care to long-term clinical outcomes with particular emphasis on engagement in outpatient HIV treatment and health care disparities.
Internal Scientific Advisory Board Members
Gordon Bernard, MD (VU)
Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Research, Director of VICTR | View Profile Here
Samuel E. Adunya, PhD (MMC)
Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemisty and Cancer Biology View Profile Here
Timothy Jones, MD (TDH)
State Epidemiologist | View Profile Here
Lawrence Marnett, PhD (VU)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Science | View Profile Here
Dan Roden, MD (VU)
Asst. Vice-Chancellor for Personalized Medicine | View Profile Here
Duane Smoot, MD (MMC)
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor Internal Medicine | View Profile Here
Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD MSCI (VU)
Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean, for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence
Engagement Core Director, All of Us Research Program
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clincal and Translations Science
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty | View Profile Here