Biography

Gina M. Brown, M.D. is a Senior Director with the Gilead Sciences U.S. Medical Affairs HIV Prevention Strategy team. Where she leads HIV prevention expansion to the populations that want or need PrEP (HIV preexposure prophylaxis). Gina is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist with extensive experience in HIV clinical care and research. Before coming to Gilead, she was a Medical Officer in the NIH, Office of AIDS Research (OAR) where she developed the Annual NIH Strategic Plan for HIV research for non-vaccine biomedical prevention including PrEP, microbicides, and multipurpose prevention technologies and led strategic research planning for women’s and girl’s issues; and HIV comorbidities. Dr. Brown also provided expert consultation on women and girls issues to the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute HIV Clinical Guidelines Program. Before joining the OAR, Dr. Brown was a member of the OAR Advisory Council (OARAC) from 2000-2004 which she chaired in 2004. Gina also chaired the OAR Women and Girls and the Microbicides Research Working Groups. Gina served as the maternal-fetal specialist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and was an Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology in the department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. While at Columbia, she also was the Women’s Health Director of the Women and Children Care Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, a clinic that provided comprehensive care for women with HIV and their children. At the Center, she was a co-investigator for the Women and Infant’s Transmission Study (WITS) and the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG). Dr. Brown is a graduate of Harvard University and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She received her Ob/Gyn training at Harlem Hospital Center and completed fellowships in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Surgical-Anesthesia Critical Care at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Gina enjoys her nieces and nephews, live dance and music performances of all kinds, and exploring new restaurants. She serves on the board of Dance NYC, an organization that promotes knowledge, appreciation, and performance of dance in the NYC area.

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