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| Administrative Coordinating Core | |
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Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center Professor of Medicine and Public Heath, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617)-414-7288 Fax: (617) 414-4676 jsamet@bu.edu Website |
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Carly Bridden, MA, MPH Administrative Director Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-5768 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Carly.Bridden@bmc.org |
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Allen Gifford, MD
Co-Investigator for Administrative Core – Implementation Research Professor of Medicine and Public Health Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health 715 Albany Street Talbot Building, T348W Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (781) 687-3417 agifford@bu.edu Website |
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Natalia Gnatienko, MPH Project Manager Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-3843 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Natalia.Gnatienko@bmc.org |
| Biostatistics and Data Management Core | |
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Debbie Cheng, ScD PI for Biostatistics and Data Management Core Biostatistician for Uganda and Russia Cohorts Professor of Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-5989 dmcheng@bu.edu |
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Christine Chaisson, MPH Director of the BUSPH Data Coordinating Center Boston University School of Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-5009 chaisson@bu.edu Director of Data Management |
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Timothy Heeren, PhD Professor of Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-5177 tch@bu.edu Biostatistician for Boston Cohort |
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Michael Winter, MPH Associate Director of the BUSPH Data Coordinating Center Boston University School of Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-5015 mwinter@bu.edu |
| Uganda Cohort | |
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Judith Hahn PhD, MA Associate Professor in Residence, Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital University of California, San Francisco Box 0886 San Francisco, CA 94143-0886 Phone: (415) 597-4961 Fax: (415) 597-9213 Judy.hahn@ucsf.edu Website |
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Nneka Emenyonu, DrPH, MPH Project Director, Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital University of California, San Francisco Box 0886 San Francisco, CA 94143-0886 Phone: (415) 597-9346 Fax: (415) 597-9213 emenyonun@ucsf.edu |
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Robin Fatch Statistician/Data Manager, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco Box 0886 San Francisco, CA 94143-0886 Phone: (415) 597-4976 Fax: (415) 597-9213 robin.fatch@ucsf.edu |
| Peter Hunt, MD Assistant Adjunct Professor University of California, San Francisco Positive Health Program SFGH Building 80, Ward 84 995 Potrero Ave. Box 0874 San Francisco, CA 94110 Phone: (415) 476-4082 x345 phunt@php.ucsf.edu Co-Investigator |
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Winnie Muyindike, MBChB, MMED Director of Immune Suppression Syndrome Clinic Mbarara University of Science and Technology Department Of Internal Medicine P.O Box 1410 Mbarara Uganda Phone: 256 – 772- 52-1619 wmuyindike@gmail.com Co-Investigator |
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Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617)-414-7288 Fax: (617) 414-4676 jsamet@bu.edu Website Co-Investigator |
| Starley Shade, PhD Assistant Professor University of California, San Francisco 50 Beale Street San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 597-9254 Fax: (415) 597-9213 starley.shade@ucsf.edu Co-Investigator |
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| Russia Cohort | |
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Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617)-414-7288 Fax: (617) 414-4676 jsamet@bu.edu Website |
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Elena A. Blokhina, MD, PhD Scientific Secretary, Valdman Institute of Pharmacology Pavlov State Medical University 197022 Lev Tolstoy St 6/8 St. Petersburg, Russia Phone: 011-8-901-373-5396 blokhinaelena@gmail.com Co-Investigator |
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Matthew Freiberg, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology University of Pittsburgh 230 McKee Place Suite 623 Pittsburgh, PA 15215 Phone: (412) 586-9847 Fax: (412) 692-4838 freibergms@upmc.edu Co-Investigator |
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Natalia Gnatienko, MPH Project Manager Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-3843 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Natalia.Gnatienko@bmc.org |
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Evgeny Krupitsky, MD, PhD, D.Med.Sci, Prof. Chief, Lab of Clinical Pharmacology of Addictions, Pavlov State Medical University Chief, Department of Addictions, St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute Bekhtereva St, 3, St. Petersburg 192019 Russia Phone: 011-7-901-300-5811 Fax: 011-7-812-365-2217 kruenator@gmail.com PI for Russia Cohort Subcontract |
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Dmitry Lioznov, MD, PhD Vice-Rector for Nursing Education, Pavlov State Medical University Head, Center for Preventive Medicine Pavlov State Medical University 6/8 Lev Tolstoy St. 197089 St. Petersburg, Russia Phone: 011-7-(812) 499-7058 Fax: 011-7-(812) 499-7058 dlioznov@yandex.ru Co-Investigator |
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Edwin Zvartau, MD, PhD, DMSci Head, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Evidence-Based Med Research Director, Valdman Institute of Pharmacology Pavlov State Medical University 6/8 Lev Tolstoy St. St. Petersburg 197022 Russia Phone: 011-7-812-499 7023 Fax: 011-7-812-346 3414 Zvartau@gmail.com Project Director for Russia Cohort Subcontract |
| Boston Cohort | |
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Richard Saitz, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Boston University School of Medicine 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-7744 Fax: (617) 414-4676 rsaitz@bu.edu Website |
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Michael Holick, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine 715 Albany Street, M-1013 Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-4546 Fax: (617) 638-8882 mfholick@bu.edu Co-Investigator |
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Seville Meli, MPH Director of Research Operations Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-6917 Fax: (617) 414-4676 seville.meli@bmc.org |
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Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center Professor of Medicine and Public Heath, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617)-414-7288 Fax: (617) 414-4676 jsamet@bu.edu Website Co-Investigator |
| Margaret Sullivan, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine 771 Albany St. Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-3574 Meg.Sullivan@bmc.org Co-Investigator |
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Alexander Walley, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-6975 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Alexander.Walley@bmc.org Website Co-Investigator |
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Alicia Ventura, MPH Project Manager Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-6914 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Alicia.Ventura@bmc.org |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | |
| Kendall Bryant Director, HIV/AIDS Research, NIAAA Scientific Collaborator, Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Research Translation (CHAART) National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health 5635 Fishers Lane Bethesda MD 20892-7003 Phone: (301) 402-9389 Kbryant@mail.nih.gov |
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| Fellows and Junior Investigators | |
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Kaku Armah University of Pittsburgh 112 Stratford Ave, #2 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Phone: (703) 944-2037 kaa58@pitt.edu |
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Daniel Fuster, MD, PhD Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-6687 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Daniel.Fuster@bmc.org |
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Tetiana Kiriazova NIDA INVEST Fellow Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 638-2705 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Tetiana.Kiriazova@bmc.org |
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Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH Boston Medical Center 801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 414-6933 Fax: (617) 414-4676 Karsten.Lunze@bmc.org |



























