SGIM24 Highlights: Rochelle Walensky Plenary

This is a recorded session from the SGIM 2024 Annual Meeting in Boston.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infectious disease clinician whose research career is guided by a belief that the clinical and economic outcomes of medical decisions can be improved through the explicit articulation of choices, the systematic assembly of evidence, and the careful assessment of comparative costs and benefits.  She has focused these beliefs on mathematical model-based research toward the promotion of global access to HIV prevention, screening and care.  Her ground-breaking work has motivated changes to US HIV testing and immigration policy; promoted expanded funding for HIV-related research, treatment, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR); and led to policy revisions toward aggressive HIV screening – especially for the underserved – and earlier treatment in resource-limited international settings.  In light of these contributions, Dr. Walensky has been an active member of policy discussions at the WHO, UNAIDS, the DHHS HIV Guidelines Committee, and the NIH Office of AIDS Research.  She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

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