Dr. Kline is Chairman of Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, and Physician-in-Chief of Texas Children's Hospital. He also serves as President of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative. Dr. Kline is a graduate of Trinity University and the Baylor College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Kline is board-certified in pediatrics and infectious diseases. He has served on the Executive Committee for Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and as chair of that organization's Committee on Pediatric AIDS. He is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society.

Dr. Kline is active in the education and training of medical students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows, and has been the recipient of several teaching awards. He has authored over 240 scientific papers and textbook chapters. He has given over 300 national and international presentations on topics in pediatric infectious diseases.

Dr. Ahmed is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Yale University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York.

During medical school, Dr. Ahmed spent two years as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow investigating the contribution of chemokines and cytokines to the immunopathogenesis of visceral leishmaniasis. One year of this work was spent in Cali, Colombia where he focused specifically on testing the potential of putative vaccine candidates for leishmaniasis. Dr. Ahmed has also worked previously in the Dominican Republic and in Honduras, and he speaks both Spanish and Urdu.

Dr. Ahmed was a member of the original class of the Pediatric AIDS Corps in 2006 and worked in Malawi from 2006 until March 2010. In addition to his direct clinical care responsibilities, Dr. Ahmed focused on developing strategies to improve community outreach, Early Infant Diagnosis (EID), and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). Along with Dr. Maria Kim, he started a community outreach program called Tingathe (meaning "Yes we can" in the local Chichewa), which uses community health workers to improve EID, PMTCT, and Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Outcomes. In the first two years of the program, Tingathe CHWs conducted over 30,000 HIV tests resulting in the identification and enrollment of over 1500 HIV infected and exposed children, an over 20 fold increase at participating clinics. Dr. Ahmed has joined the Retrovirology department at Texas Children's Hospital, but continues his involvement with Malawi and the Tingathe program.

Ms. Calles is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. Ms. Calles holds a Master of Nursing, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree and a Master in Public Health from the University of Texas. She is an AIDS Certified Registered Nurse with over 18 years of experience in pediatric AIDS clinical care, education, and research. Ms. Calles serves as BIPAI's Senior Vice President for International Program Development. She has coordinated and participated in local and international training programs including in several countries in Africa, Russia, Ukraine, China, Kyrgyzstan, Honduras, and Mexico. She is the 2005 recipient of the National Nursing Excellence Award for Teaching. Ms. Calles is an active member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and serves as the Nominations Chair of the HIV/AIDS Nursing Certification Board of Directors.

Ms. Close is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and earned her Master of Social Work degree from Boston College. Kristin has worked with HIV+ children and families for over 5 years. In addition to her work with families and adolescents dealing with chronic illness, Ms. Close has also been trained in pediatric grief and bereavement. She has actively worked with camps for children with special needs for 13 years. She has helped facilitate the opening of local camp programs at each of BIPAI's Centers of Excellence.

Dr. Gillespie is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Gillespie also serves as BIPAI's Chief Medical Officer. A graduate of Northwestern University, she completed her medical and graduate school training at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and her pediatric residency training at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Her interests include medical education, international adoptions and pediatric HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Gingaras is an AITRP fellow from Romania. Prior to joining the program, she obtained her degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila', Bucharest and served for a short period as a resident in infectious diseases at the Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases "Dr. Victor Babes" in Bucharest, working with HIV/AIDS infected children. She is currently involved in an HIV laboratory research project under the mentorship of Dr Jason Kimata, M.D., PhD. She intends to apply to the University of Texas School of Public Health, with a major in Biostatistics. Upon completion of the program, Dr Gingaras plans to become involved in clinical research in the HIV/AIDS field, in close collaboration with the Center of HIV Excellence at the National Institute of Virology "St. S. Nicolau" in Bucharest.

Dr. Ferris is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Ferris holds a Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University, with a concentration in health promotion and disease prevention, and a PhD in public health from the University of Texas, with a major in Behavioral Science. Dr. Ferris has over fifteen years experience in pediatric AIDS, and served for five of those years as a Clinical Trials Specialist for the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Dr. Ferris serves as BIPAI's Senior Vice President for Program Administration.

Mrs. Johnson serves as a nurse for the Retrovirology/ International Adoption clinical team. Mary earned her Pre-Nursing degree at Texas Southern University and her nursing license from Prairie View A&M University. Mrs. Johnson's clinical experience began at Texas Children's Hospital in 1991. For fifteen years she has served as an advocate for pediatric patients and families. Mary is the Graduate Advisor to the Gamma Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. located at Texas Southern University, where she serves as a mentor to college trained women who are committed to serving the community and all mankind.

Roy Johnston is Manager, Financial Reporting within the Retrovirology section of the Pediatrics Department. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Louisiana Tech University. His background includes fulfilling major accounting roles at several Fortune 1000 companies in Houston, Texas. Additionally, he is currently licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Joe Kanewske serves as BIPAI's Vice President for Financial Affairs. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and has ten years experience in the healthcare field related to finance, grants and contracts, and project management.

Ms. Kelly serves as the Program Director for Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation - Tanzania and has more than 16 years experience working in the field of HIV/AIDS clinical trials, and pediatric HIV health worker training and care and treatment program development/management in resources limited setting. Ms. Kelly worked with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) from 1994-2001 where she coordinated the participation and input of community activists into clinical trials research, as well as supported ACTG clinical trials committees studying treatment adherence, quality of care, and complications of HIV disease.

In 2003, Ms. Kelly joined the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) and moved to Kampala, Uganda to work with the Department of Pediatrics at the Makerere University/ Mulago Hospital to develop a pediatric HIV/AIDS training program for Ugandan health professionals and later collaboratively initiate the scale-up and implementation of a large-scale, President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) pediatric HIV care and treatment program through Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda at Mulago Hospital, which now serves more than 9,000 HIV+ children nationally. During her tenure with Baylor-Uganda (2003-2008) Ms. Kelly initiated the collaborative development of standardized Pediatric HIV Clinical Care Pathways and participated in a Department of Pediatric's committee which established a national 10-Point Management Plan for the care of children infected with HIV. Other accomplishments included participating in a UNICEF-Uganda rapid assessment of pediatric care in post-conflict Uganda and later serving as program manager for this rural care initiative.

In November 2008, Ms. Kelly re-located to Tanzania, where she has been co-directing the scale-up of the Baylor-Tanzania program which supports enhanced pediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment services and health worker training in two hard-to reach zones of Tanzania, i.e. the Southern Highlands and Lake Zones.

Dr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

During medical school and training Dr. Kim worked in Inner Mongolia, Honduras, and Botswana, and speaks both Korean and Spanish.

Dr. Kim started as a member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps in 2006 and worked in Malawi from 2006 until March 2010. During this time, Dr. Kim became very interested in the relationship between HIV infection and malnutrition, and helped to start an outpatient nutritional rehabilitation program for HIV infected children. In addition, along with Dr. Saeed Ahmed, she started a community outreach program called Tingathe (meaning "Yes we can" in the local Chichewa), which uses community health workers to improve EID, PMTCT, and Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Outcomes. Dr. Kim has now joined the Retrovirology department at Texas Children's Hospital, and will be assisting with the new Global Health Residency. However, she will continue to be involved with Malawi and the Tingathe program.

Dr. Nsangi is an AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) fellow with Baylor College of Medicine. She is originally from Kampala, Uganda. She began her training at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston Texas in January 2006. She completed her Masters of Public Health degree with special emphasis in Epidemiology and Global Health. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology at the same University. Prior to joining the program, she worked as a medical officer in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic (PIDC), Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda for two and half years where she treated and cared for HIV infected children. Upon completion of her training, she plans to get actively involved in pediatric HIV clinical research with and in the management of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic as well as pediatric HIV in general in Uganda. In particular, she is interested in improving the management of TB in HIV-infected children. She looks forward to contributing greatly to the national and regional expansion of pediatric HIV services. Her long term goal is to help in improving the status of HIV infected children and HIV orphans on the African continent.

Edwin Machine is a Kenyan national with substantial experience in community health programs, having worked in Kenya, Sudan and Botswana. He has significant leadership training and practical experience from stints in Washington DC and in his home country of Kenya. His experiences have strongly inspired and motivated him to seek doctoral-level training in the various disciplines, methods and skills that are essential to the design and delivery of effective community health interventions as well as their evaluation. In this regard, Edwin plans to start his Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) studies at the University of Texas, School of Public Health from fall 2009, courtesy of the AITRP Scholarship program.

Edwin began his public health career while working for Samaritan's Purse in Sudan, as Logistics Coordinator of a hospital project and then as HIV/AIDS Program Developer. His experiences in Sudan served as the inspiration for his MPH studies. Edwin completed his MPH in 2007 from the UT School of Public Health that culminated with his Masters Thesis entitled "Issues of Expressed Stigma of HIV/AIDS: A Case study of Health Workers and Community in Lui, Southern Sudan". Edwin has since worked in both Kenya and Botswana with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, BIPAI, where he currently works in Monitoring and Evaluation, helping examine the strategies, relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of what we do as well as strengthen reporting for accountability.

Long-term, Edwin sees himself continue to be involved with HIV/AIDS prevention programs that empower the uninfected group with coping skills, providing a framework that allows them to feel responsible for their own lives, with knowledge of issues that directly affect them. Through the doctoral program, he aspires to greatly enhance his ability to develop, implement and evaluate educational and risk-reduction programs that will improve the health of African communities in resource-poor settings.

Dr. Marape is an AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) fellow from Gaborone, Botswana, who joined the AITRP in August, 2007. He currently is pursuing a Masters in Public Health, with special emphasis in Epidemiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Before joining the AITRP fellowship program he worked as a Medical Officer at the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence for two and a half years. His work was focused on the management of HIV/AIDS and related conditions in children and families. He was also involved in clinical mentoring, research and education. Dr. Marape's main interest lies in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS coinfection, especially in children and adolescents. After completion of his training he plans to retrun to Botswana to continue looking after HIV/AIDS infected children and doing research in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Michael Mizwa, BIPAI Chief Operating Officer, has over 22 years experience in HIV/AIDS prevention and social services and extensive experience across Africa in pediatric HIV/AIDS program development, administration and management, human resources development and government relations. Mr. Mizwa is the Board of Directors Vice Chairman of BIPAI NGOs in Romania, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Tanzania. He has provided over 50 local, regional, national, and international conference presentations specific to HIV-prevention and care of at-risk populations as well as organizational development and public-private partnerships. In addition, Mr. Mizwa has received numerous local, state, and national awards in HIV prevention and leadership, including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Price Fellowship in HIV Prevention Leadership.

Dr. Mohapi attended medical school at the Royal Free Hospital, London University, United Kingdom. She completed residency in Pediatrics at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C. She has worked for twenty years as a pediatrician and a member of the teaching staff of Georgetown University Hospital. She also worked from 1997-2000 at the Pretoria Academic Hospital in South Africa. Dr. Mohapi is originally from Lesotho, and works as the Director of BIPAI's Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Maseru, Lesotho.

Dr. Montgomery is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics of Baylor College of Medicine. She is a graduate of University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She also holds a M.P.H. degree from Saint Louis University.

Previously, Dr. Montgomery served as the Director of the Medicine Abroad Program for residents, Director of the Foreign Adoption Clinic, and Director of pediatric volunteers and the resident rotation at La Clinica Latino Community Health Center for Saint Louis University. She was responsible for bringing pediatric residents from Haiti to Saint Louis University for observerships for the AAP's Haiti Initiative, and was elected to the Executive Committee of the AAP's Section of International Child Health. She has participated in medical trips to Malawi, Peru, Romania, Moldova, and the Dominican Republic.

Gordon E. Schutze, MD has been a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine since June 2006.

Prior to joining Baylor, he was Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences working at Arkansas Children's Hospital from 1991-2006. A graduate of St. Mary's University, Dr. Schutze earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University and completed a pediatric residency and a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. While in Arkansas he served in many capacities including the Pediatric Residency Director, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Subspecialty Residency Director, Clinical Director of the Microbiology/Virology laboratories, and as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

The American Board of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases certifies Dr. Schutze. He is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and serves as an editor for the Pediatrics Review and Educational Program (PREP) Infectious Diseases Advisory Board and an associate editor for Pediatrics, the official journal of the AAP. He is an member for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and the American Pediatric Society. His special interests in medicine have been bacterial and tick associated diseases as well pediatric global health and the teaching of pediatrics to thers. Dr. Schutze serves as BIPAI's Vice President for International Medical Services and as the Vice Chairman for Educational Affairs for the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Schwarzwald is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. A graduate of Harvard University, Dr. Schwarzwald earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Schwarzwald has completed pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine, and has a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Texas. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship for clinical research in HIV/AIDS. She is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship for research among HIV-infected children in Botswana. Dr. Schwarzwald was awarded the Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award for Development of Enduring Educational Materials in 2007. Dr. Schwarzwald serves as BIPAI's Vice President for Clinical Affairs, and as Section Head for Retrovirology and Global Health.

Dr. Tolle is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, Dr. Tolle earned his medical degree from the University of Texas - Southwestern Medical School. After an internship in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital (Washington University) in St. Louis, Dr. Tolle completed family medicine residence training at Parkland Hospital (UT-Southwestern), where he served as Chief Resident. He also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Dr. Tolle has worked previously throughout Central and South America, as well as in Haiti and the Balkans, and is a fluent Spanish speaker. Dr. Tolle was a member of BIPAI's inaugural Pediatric AIDS Corps class, serving a year in Lesotho prior to joining the Houston team. His interests include prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the development of family-centered models of care in resource-limited settings.

Dr. Richard Sebastian Wanless is V.P. of Research and Program Evaluation for BIPAI and Medical Director of the Baylor Black Sea Foundation in Romania. For five years before his appointment with Baylor, he worked as Senior Medical Director for the Bristol-Myers Squibb funded Secure the Future program, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to that he worked for 16 years in clinical research at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Dr. Wanless was born in Scotland and earned his MD at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in physiology from the University of London. He now lives in Constanta, Romania with his wife Tamara.