Nearly 40 million people around the world are living with HIV, and experts believe about 20% do not know their status. In the U.S., more than 1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV.

In observance of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the following experts are available to speak about HIV/AIDS, including the current state of the virus and disease, how far we’ve come, research and what’s in the future:

• Allison Agwu, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Director, Pediatric and Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program, Johns Hopkins Children Center
  Topics: HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents; treatment and management strategies
   
• Larry Chang, M.D., M.P.H.
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Topics: HIV epidemic in Africa and Uganda; implementation science relating to antiretroviral therapy; use of mobile health technology and HIV
   
• Richard Chaisson, M.D.
  Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Director, Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research
  Topics: General AIDS; Tuberculosis/HIV co-infection
   
• Natasha Chida, M.D., M.S.P.H.
  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Assistant Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
  Topic: Care of patients with HIV in the U.S.
   
• Christine Durand, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Topics: Cancer therapy and transplant in people living with HIV; HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, which allows HIV-positive organ donors to donate to HIV-positive patients who need a transplant
   
• Charles Flexner, M.D.
  Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Director, Johns Hopkins University AIDS Clinical Trials Unit
  Topics: Medication to prevent and treat HIV; development of long-acting, extended release HIV drugs
   
• Bhakti Hansoti, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Topics: Emergency medicine; missed HIV population; HIV testing implementation in the emergency department
   
• Deborah Persaud, M.D.
  Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Topics: HIV-cure research for children
   
• Richard Rothman, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
  Topics: National and local HIV testing programs in emergency departments (EDs); novel approaches and tools for HIV testing in acute care settings; pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in EDs; acute HIV and early treatment in EDs; research on gaps in the HIV care continuum
   
• Thomas Quinn, M.D.
  Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
  Topics: International perspectives on HIV; the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to respond to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic; research initiatives in HIV

If you would like to interview one of the Johns Hopkins Medicine experts, please contact Kim Polyniak, senior communications specialist, public relations and corporate communications, at [email protected] or 443-510-5807.

On the Web:

• HIV and AIDS: The Timeline  
   
• HIV and AIDS: Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library