Crucial infrastructure for the work of the HIV Center is provided by five cores.

The Administrative Core

Directed by Robert H. Remien, PhD, the Administrative Core provides interdisciplinary leadership for scientific rigor, strategic planning, internal and external programmatic evaluation/oversight, and sound fiscal management.

The Development Core

Directed by Claude Ann Mellins, PhD with Associate Directors Robert Klitzman, MD and Justin Knox, PhD, the Development Core is responsible for implementing the HIV Center Pilot Studies Program; coordinating internal research quality assurance; ensuring capacity-building for ESIs; overseeing HIV Center rounds, and bringing ethics expertise to our work for equitable public health policy and practice.

The Statistics, Data Science, and Data Management (SDM) Core

Directed by Martina Pavlicova, PhD with Associate Director Richard Buchsbaum, MS, the core provides expertise in cutting-edge statistical analysis; use of qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and digital strategies for observational, intervention, and implementation science research; and rigorous data collection, management, and harmonization.

The Clinical Translation Core

Directed by Susan Tross, PhD and Michael Yin, MD, the Clinical Translation Core advances the behavioral and biomedical science research necessary for implementation and use of biomedical strategies for HIV prevention and treatment.

The Health Equity Core

Directed by Milton Wainberg, MD and Dustin T. Duncan, ScD, the Health Equity Core promotes intervention and implementation research to identify and reduce disparities in HIV prevention and care by applying behavioral and social science methods that prioritize community-based designs, participatory research, and innovative technologies.