Research Team

Moises Agosto

Community Advisor

Brandon Brown, MPH, PhD

External Advisor

Lizet Campos

Clinical Research Coordinator


Steven Deeks, MD 

Co-Investigator

Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil

Co-Principal Investigator

Fang Wan

Data Manager


Mallory Johnson, PhD

Co-Investigator

Anastasia Korolkova

Senior Research Associate

Tor Neilands, PhD 

Co-Investigator


Lidia Rodriguez

Asst. Clinical Research Coordinator

John Sauceda, PhD, MS, MA

Co-Principal Investigator


Ali Ahmed

Postdoctoral Researcher

Whitney Tran

Senior Research Associate I


Samuel Ndukwe

Senior Research Associate II

Hursch Patel

Senior Research Associate II

 

Community Partners

 

Bridgette Picou 

STAKEHOLDER LIAISON 

Bridgette Picou is a nurse with several years of HIV and infectious disease experience, having worked at a combination ASO and federally qualified health center. She is an avid blogger with The Well Project. She also writes a guest column with Positively Aware Magazine called "Being Bridgette." In addition to her LVN license, Bridgette has been certified as an AIDS Care Nurse (ACLPN) and received the 2022 Patrick Kenny Certified Nurse of the year award. Serving as the President of the Greater Palm Springs Chapter of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC), it's important to her to not only continue to build relationships between providers and patients but also partner with other members of the HIV medical community for education and advances. She finds that in advocating for others she advocates for herself and affirms her own journey. 

Krista Martel 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Krista Heitzman Martel joined The Well Project in 2009 and became the Executive Director in 2013. During her time at The Well Project, Krista has witnessed the profound impact that access to information and an online network of support can have on the lives of women living with HIV and is working to further expand the organization’s reach and network across the globe. She is also committed to building leadership to ensure women living with HIV are represented at every level of the decision-making processes that affect their lives. Krista began working in the area of HIV education in 1995, shortly after her sister was diagnosed with HIV. 

 

Jenna Conley 

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, WRI DIRECTOR 

Jenna Conley has managed communications efforts for The Well Project since 2007 and provides strategic counsel and guidance to help advance the organization's mission. Jenna is also the director of The Well Project's Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI), a think tank that brings together an extraordinary group of leaders in HIV to identify key opportunities to accelerate understanding of HIV disease in women. Jenna has more than 20 years of healthcare communications experience, with a career-long focus on HIV.