HIV-AIDS
Natella Rakhmanina, M.D., Ph.D., and her team, in partnership with the NIH-funded District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC-CFAR), are studying a longitudinal cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children and adolescents. In addition, the team conducts pharmacologic studies of antiretroviral drugs in women, children and adolescents. Dr. Rakhmanina serves as a senior technical advisor at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation working on multiple international pediatric and adolescent HIV projects in several African countries. She also serves as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel on the Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy and Management Guidelines at the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council in the NIH and as a member of the Pediatric AIDS Committee at American Academy of Pediatrics.
