County of San Diego
Chief, HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch (HSHB) of Public Health Services
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Patrick Loose
Epidemiologist
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Samantha Tweeten
UC San Diego
Dr. Little is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health. She is an expert in translational research focused on pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of acute and very recent HIV infection and the use of molecular epidemiologic methods to infer and characterize HIV transmission networks. Dr. Little has extensive experience leading large projects, including large multinational projects. She is Director of the UCSD AIDS Clinical Trials Group Clinical Research Site and Co-Director of the UCSD Antiviral Research Center
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Susan Little, MD (LEAD)
Dr. Martin is a Physician in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health.
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Thomas Martin, MD (CO-LEAD)
Dr. Martin is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at UCSD and holds an honorary senior lecturer position in the School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol.
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Natasha Martin, PhD
Dr. Mehta is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine in theDivision of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at UCSD. Additionally, he is Acting Head of the Infectious Disease Section at the San Diego VA and the Director of the San Diego VA Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
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Sanjay Mehta, MD
Dr. Smith is a Professor of Medicine and co-Director of the San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
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David Smith, MD, MAS
Dr. Tsuyuki is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health.
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Kiyomi Tsuyuki, PhD, MPH
Dr. Weibel is an Associate Research Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego, and a Research Health Science Specialist at the VA San Diego Health System.
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Nadir Weibel, PhD
Dr. Wertheim is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health.
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