Embargoed for Release:Thursday, November 14, 2013, 10 a.m. EST
NIH announces new co-chairs of Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines
The National Institutes of Health recently announced several changes in leadership on the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. The panel, a working group of the NIH Office of AIDS Research Advisory Committee (OARAC), consists of approximately 40 representatives from NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, as well as scientists and clinicians from academia and primary care medical practices, and HIV/AIDS community representatives. The panel is charged with regularly updating HIV treatment guidelines based on advances in HIV therapy. The guidelines serve as the standard of medical care for treating HIV-infected patients in the United States.John G. Bartlett, M.D.
John G. Bartlett, M.D., will retire from his position as panel co-chair at the end of 2013, a position he has held since the panel’s creation in 1996.
“Dr. Bartlett was instrumental in the development of the Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents and in that capacity, helped to establish the nation’s first HIV treatment guidelines,” said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH. “His leadership has been highly valued, and he will be sorely missed.” Dr. Fauci served as panel co-chair with Dr. Bartlett from 1996 to 2004.
Dr. Bartlett is professor emeritus of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He served as chief of the Infectious Diseases Division for 26 years before stepping down in 1996. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a master of the American College of Physicians, and past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Roy M. Gulick, M.D.
Martin S. Hirsch, M.D.
“Throughout their careers, Drs. Gulick and Hirsch have made substantial contributions to the knowledge base underpinning HIV treatment guidelines,” said Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., NIH Office of AIDS Research director. “Through their leadership, the Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents will continue to set the tone for HIV treatment in the United States.” Dr. Whitescarver, in consultation with Dr. Fauci, selected the new co-chairs.
Both Drs. Gulick and Hirsch are replacing outgoing co-chair Dr. Bartlett and will work alongside the third co-chair H. Clifford Lane, M.D., NIAID’s Clinical Director. Dr. Lane has served as a panel co-chair since 2004.
For more information on OARAC, visit: http://www.oar.nih.gov/oarac.
The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR), part of the Office of the Director, plans and coordinates the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research program. Additional information, including the trans-NIH strategic plan and budget, is available at http://www.oar.nih.gov.
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