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.