Program Leadership

Nelson Michael, M.D., Ph.D.
COL, MC, U.S. Army
Director
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
info@hivresearch.org

Merlin Robb, M.D.
HJF HIV Program Director
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Deputy Director (Clinical)
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
info@hivresearch.org

Jerome Kim, M.D.
COL, MC, U.S. Army
Deputy Director (Science)
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
info@hivresearch.org

Robert Gramzinski, Ph.D.
Deputy Director (Operations)
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
info@hivresearch.org

Mary Marovich, M.D., DTM&H
Chief, Department of Vaccine Research and Development
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Associate Director for Pre-Clinical Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
13 Taft Court
Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850
vrad@hivresearch.org

Carl Alving, M.D.
Chief, Department of Adjuvant & Antigen Research
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Associate Director for Adjuvants
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
adjuvant@hivresearch.org

Paul Scott, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Department Epidemiology & Threat Assessment
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Associate Director for Epidemiology and Threat Assessment
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1 Taft Court
Suite 250
Rockville, Maryland 20850
deta@hivresearch.org

Robert O'Connell, M.D.
MAJ(P), MC, U.S. Army
Chief, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Monitoring
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Associate Director for Laboratory Diagnostics and Monitoring
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1600 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
ldam@hivresearch.org

Tiffany E. Hamm, Ph.D.
Chief, Department of International HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment
Division of Retrovirology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Associate Director for Care and Treatment Programs
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
1 Taft Court
Suite 250
Rockville, Maryland 20850
info@hivresearch.org

Country Team Leaders

Douglas N. Shaffer, M.D., MHS, FACP
Director, United States Army Medical Research Unit
Kenya/Walter Reed Project HIV Program
Kericho, Kenya
Associate Director for Therapeutics Research
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
info@hivresearch.org

Monica Millard, B.S.N.
Country Director
Makerere University/Walter Reed Project (MUWRP)
Uganda

Darrell Singer, M.D., M.P.H.
CDR, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, DOD HIV Program (Nigeria)

Edward Sekonde, M.P.H.
Country Director
Walter Reed Program - Tanzania

Robert Paris, M.D., M.P.H.
LTC, MC, U.S. Army
Chief, Department of Retrovirology
US Army Medical Component - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS)
Bangkok, Thailand