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Governing Council

The IAS benefits from the leadership of a Governing Council made up of world-leading HIV professionals who are prepared to devote their time to the IAS mission.

The IAS Governing Council is the elected thought leadership body of the organization. It guides and contributes to IAS thematic work, ensures compliance with the IAS Bylaws and IAS internal rules and regulations, represents the interests of IAS Members in the regions, and reviews the annual audited accounts.

View the affiliations and relationships of the IAS Governing Council members.

See the list of former IAS Governing Council Members.

IAS officers

Sharon Lewin
Sharon Lewin

Sharon Lewin

President
Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne
Australia
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Beatriz Grinsztejn
Beatriz Grinsztejn

Beatriz Grinsztejn

President-Elect
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Brazil
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Jennifer Kates
Jennifer Kates

Jennifer Kates

Treasurer
Kaiser Family Foundation
United States
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Non-voting members

Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Immediate Past President
University of Malaya
Malaysia
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Birgit Poniatowski
Birgit Poniatowski

Birgit Poniatowski

IAS Executive Director
International AIDS Society
Switzerland
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Africa

Patrick Bitangumutwenzi
Patrick Bitangumutwenzi

Patrick Bitangumutwenzi

Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, University of Burundi
Burundi
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Josephine Nabukenya
Josephine Nabukenya

Josephine Nabukenya

Makerere University Johns Hopkins Research Collaboration
Uganda
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Kenneth Ngure
Kenneth Ngure

Kenneth Ngure

School of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Kenya
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Susan Shumba
Susan Shumba

Susan Shumba

Population Solutions for Health (PSH)
Zimbabwe
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Asia and the Pacific Islands

Ishwar Gilada
Ishwar Gilada

Ishwar Gilada

Unison Medicare & Research Centre
India
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Andrew Grulich
Andrew Grulich

Andrew Grulich

The Kirby Institute, The University of NSW
Australia
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Shuzo Matsushita
Shuzo Matsushita

Shuzo Matsushita

Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto and Kagoshima Universities
Japan
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Nittaya Phanuphak
Nittaya Phanuphak

Nittaya Phanuphak

Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI)
Thailand
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Europe

Andriy Klepikov
Andriy Klepikov

Andriy Klepikov

Alliance for Public Health
Ukraine
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Cristina Mussini
Cristina Mussini

Cristina Mussini

Dipartimento di Medicine e Specialità Mediche, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Italy
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Chloe Meave Orkin
Chloe Meave Orkin

Chloe Meave Orkin

Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Grahame Hayton Unit
United Kingdom
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Bruno Spire
Bruno Spire

Bruno Spire

French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
France
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Latin America and the Caribbean

Claudia P Cortes
Claudia P Cortes

Claudia P Cortes

Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile
Chile
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Brenda Crabtree
Brenda Crabtree

Brenda Crabtree

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán
Mexico
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Omar Sued
Omar Sued

Omar Sued

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
Argentina
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Mónica Thormann
Mónica Thormann

Mónica Thormann

Infectious Diseases Department Salvador B. Gautier Hospital (HSBG-IDSS)
Dominican Republic
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USA and Canada

Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder

Susan Buchbinder

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
United States
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Renata Sanders
Renata Sanders

Renata Sanders

Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
United States
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Darrell Tan
Darrell Tan

Darrell Tan

University of Toronto
Canada
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Mitchell Warren
Mitchell Warren

Mitchell Warren

AVAC – Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
United States
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