Contributors' Bios

DEBBIE JOHNSON, NP, PA-C
Primary Care in HIV at 5P21/Rand Schrader Clinic. Co-Investigator in the USC AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Graduated from LAC Nursing School 1991, Certified Nurse Practitioner, 1995. Graduated from College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) as a Physician Assistant, 1993. Voluntary Faculty at both USC and COMP. Clinical Instructor for the AETC (AIDS Educational Training Center). Volunteer Medical Advisor for Women Alive.

JUDITH CURRIER, MD, MSC
Currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Southern California. Medical Director of the Rand Schrader 5P21 clinic at LAC+USC. In addition she is a member of the department of Infectious Diseases at USC and a Co-Investigator in the USC AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Research interests include gender differences in drug efficacy and toxicity, therapy for HIV and Opportunistic Infections. Volunteer Medical Advisor for Women Alive.

Debbie Johnson and Judith Currier were among the all women volunteer panelists who provided informative updates at the, first of it's kind, Women Alive/Women At Risk "women-specific" International Conference Forum held in Culver City last August.

Women Alive's editorial team wishes to thank Debbie and Dr.Currier for their commitment to our community of women living with HIV/AIDS.