Scientific Review Committee

Each of our Research Scholars Programs is overseen by a scientific review committee comprised of distinguished experts in their respective fields who are independent from Gilead to ensure equal, objective evaluation of all applicants and their applications. This enables us to maintain the program’s overall integrity and competitive standards, and to ensure awards support the next generation of breakthrough scientific discovery.

Chair

Christine Durand, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Review Committee

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS

Founder and Executive Director
Health Justice

Nancie M. Archin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Georgia D. Tomaras, PhD

Professor of Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Surgery
Duke University Medical Center

Eric S. Daar, MD

Chief, Division of HIV Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Professor of Medicine

Professor of Medicine
David Gedden School of Medicine at UCLA

David Alain Wohl, MD

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Site Leader, UNC AIDS Trials Unit at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Shyam Kottilil, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Maryland

Review the scoring criteria considered for applications

Application Deadline

11:59 PM PDT

25 Jun 2026

Grant Amount

6 Awards

$180,000