Dr. Sheldon Fields is an HIV-prevention research scientist who has maintained a primary focus on HIV prevention and treatment among underserved populations. He completed his PhD in nursing science from Pennsylvania State University and his post-doctoral work in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. A lifetime member of the National Black Nurses Association, he currently serves as its first vice president. In 2020, Dr. Fields was appointed as the inaugural associate dean for equity and inclusion in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and received the Towers Pinnacle Award from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). He holds fellowship status in AANP, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Academy of Nursing.

Onyema Ogbuagu, MBBCh, FACP, FIDSA is an associate professor of medicine in the clinician-educator track and director of the HIV Clinical Trials program within the Yale AIDS Program in the Section of Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Ogbuagu’s clinical responsibilities include educating and training medical students, residents, and infectious-diseases fellows in inpatient and outpatient settings. He also continues to mentor medical residents and junior faculty in Rwanda in quality improvement and clinical research projects that are locally relevant and address important infectious-disease problems, particularly the HIV/AIDS epidemic and antimicrobial resistance.

Mamta K. Jain, MD, MPH, FIDSA is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in infectious diseases and conducts clinical trials to evaluate new therapies for HIV, hepatitis C, influenza, and now COVID-19. Her research focuses on improving clinical outcomes for those with HIV and viral hepatitis, and she has received significant grant support for her work. Dr. Jain is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and is on the Board of Directors for the HIV Medicine Association.