Dr. Francesco Simonetti is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University. His translational research combines clinical insight, molecular virology, and immunology to investigate HIV persistence. A recipient of the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, he aims to improve outcomes for people living with HIV through novel diagnostics and cure strategies

Dr. Sushama Telwatte is a molecular virologist, based at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, whose research focuses on HIV latency and tissue reservoirs. She develops single-cell transcriptomic approaches to study infected cells from people living with HIV, with a strong interest in applying innovative technologies to uncover viral persistence mechanisms.

Dr. Morgane Brunton-O'Sullivan is a Research Officer in the Infection, Inflammation and Innate Immunity group at Burnet Institute. Morgane’s research primarily focuses on developing strategies to kill HIV-infected macrophages by harnessing the innate immune system or by sensitizing cells using pharmaceutical agents.

Dr Jillian Lau is an infectious diseases physician in Melbourne, and an NHMRC emerging leadership fellow and postdoctoral researcher at The Doherty Institute. Her research focuses on studying strategies to cure HIV.