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Editorial introduction

Editorial introduction Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS was launched in 2006. It Medicine BSL3 HIV/AIDS Research Facility and the is one of a successful series of review journals whose International STD Research Laboratory. unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the Dr Quinn’s investigations have involved the study of the many primary journals. The fields of HIV and AIDS are epidemiologic, virologic, immunologic features of HIV divided into 6 sections that are reviewed once a year. infection in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading Asia. In 1984, he helped establish the interagency project authority in the area, who identifies the most important called ’Projet SIDA’ in Kinshasa, Zaire which was the topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce one largest AIDS investigative project in sub-Saharan Africa. of the Journal’s Section Editors for this issue. Dr Quinn has been involved in laboratory investigations which have helped define the biological factors involved in heterosexual transmission and perinatal transmission, the Section Editor natural history of HIV infections in developing countries, and the identification and characterization of unique Thomas C. Quinn strains of HIV-1 infection. Immunologic studies have included the changes in T-cell phenotypes and cytokines Thomas C. Quinn, MD, in patients with HIV infection and other endemic tropical MSc is Senior Investigator diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Dr Quinn has and Head of the Section been involved in HIV clinical and epidemiologic investi- on International HIV/STD gations in 25 countries, with current projects in Uganda, Research in the Laboratory South Africa, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the of Immunoregulation at the Congo, Ethiopia, India, China, Thailand, and Brazil. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Among his professional activities, Dr Quinn is a member Since 1981, he has been of the Technical Panel of the Global Fund to Fight assigned to the Division of AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, a member of the Infectious Diseases at Johns Committee for Targeted Evaluations in PEPFAR, and Hopkins University School has been on Advisor/Consultant on HIV and STDs to the of Medicine where he is World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and the US Food Deputy Director and Pro- and Drug Administration. He is a member of the Institute fessor of Medicine. He also has adjunct appointments of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, a fellow in the Departments of International Health, Epidemio- of the Infectious Disease Society of America and a logy, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in member of the American Association of Physicians. He The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. is an author of more than 700 publications on HIV, STDs, He currently directs the Johns Hopkins School of and infectious diseases. Copyright © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in HIV and Aids Wolters Kluwer Health

Editorial introduction

Current Opinion in HIV and Aids , Volume 1 (2) – Mar 1, 2006
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Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS was launched in 2006. It Medicine BSL3 HIV/AIDS Research Facility and the is one of a successful series of review journals whose International STD Research Laboratory. unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the Dr Quinn’s investigations have involved the study of the many primary journals. The fields of HIV and AIDS are epidemiologic, virologic, immunologic features of HIV divided into 6 sections that are reviewed once a year. infection in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading Asia. In 1984, he helped establish the interagency project authority in the area, who identifies the most important called ’Projet SIDA’ in Kinshasa, Zaire which was the topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce one largest AIDS investigative project in sub-Saharan Africa. of the Journal’s Section Editors for this issue. Dr Quinn has been involved in laboratory investigations which have helped define the biological factors involved in heterosexual transmission and perinatal transmission, the Section Editor natural history of HIV infections in developing countries, and the identification and characterization of unique Thomas C. Quinn strains of HIV-1 infection. Immunologic studies have included the changes in T-cell phenotypes and cytokines Thomas C. Quinn, MD, in patients with HIV infection and other endemic tropical MSc is Senior Investigator diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Dr Quinn has and Head of the Section been involved in HIV clinical and epidemiologic investi- on International HIV/STD gations in 25 countries, with current projects in Uganda, Research in the Laboratory South Africa, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the of Immunoregulation at the Congo, Ethiopia, India, China, Thailand, and Brazil. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Among his professional activities, Dr Quinn is a member Since 1981, he has been of the Technical Panel of the Global Fund to Fight assigned to the Division of AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, a member of the Infectious Diseases at Johns Committee for Targeted Evaluations in PEPFAR, and Hopkins University School has been on Advisor/Consultant on HIV and STDs to the of Medicine where he is World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and the US Food Deputy Director and Pro- and Drug Administration. He is a member of the Institute fessor of Medicine. He also has adjunct appointments of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, a fellow in the Departments of International Health, Epidemio- of the Infectious Disease Society of America and a logy, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in member of the American Association of Physicians. He The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. is an author of more than 700 publications on HIV, STDs, He currently directs the Johns Hopkins School of and infectious diseases. Copyright © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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