Developmental Core

Director:  Gwendolyn Scott, M.D.

Dr. Scott has significant experience in the administration of grants and contracts, having been the recipient of several large grant awards. She is a professor and director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, and also serves as the director of pediatric training in the Fogarty International Training Program at the university.

She also has served as the principal investigator for the NIH-funded AIDS Postdoctoral Training Grant and for the Fogarty International Program in AIDS Training and Education of Scientists and Investigators from Haiti, Brazil, Zambia, and Argentina.

Co-Director :  Gail Shor-Posner, M.D.

Dr. Shor-Posner is professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and epidemiology, and the director of the Division of Disease Prevention.  She has conducted pioneering studies to evaluate diverse aspects of neurocognition, complementary therapy, and HIV disease progression in vulnerable populations, nationally and internationally. 

Her division is the primary site for the NIH Fogarty “International Training Program in Epidemiology of AIDS and Tuberculosis” grant.  For almost 20 years, this program has provided training to facilitate the development of independent local research infrastructures for disease prevention and control in Latin America and the Caribbean.