Dr. Traina-Dorge is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Tulane University School of Medicine and a molecular virologist within the Division of Microbiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center. She has a broad background in virology, immunology, and pathogenesis of nonhuman primates.

Dr. Marx is a career virologist with over 250 publications on AIDS and other topics in Virology. In 1992, as Director of the New Mexico Primate Center, he oversaw the design and construction of a $10 million chimpanzee facility which included 24 outdoor areas for chimpanzees infected with HIV. Dr. Marx's main areas of research are the simian immunodeficiency virus models for AIDS pathogenesis, vaccine development, strategies for preventing HIV transmission to women and the origins of HIV from SIV. Dr.

Dr. Xiaolei Wang is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine. After receiving her doctorate in 2001 from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dr. Wang completed postdoctoral trainings in the laboratory of Dr. Honghai Wang at Fudan University for TB study in 2003 and in the laboratory of Dr. Ronald Veazey at Tulane National Primate Research Center for the study of pathogenesis of pediatric AIDS in 2009. Dr.

Dr. Veazey is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, and has been chair of the Division of Comparative Pathology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center since 2003. He is a recognized expert on SIV and HIV infection and pathogenesis, a specialist in mucosal immunology, and in examining the earliest events in SIV transmission, immunology, and pathogenesis.