Ann C. Duerr, MD, MPH, PhD received her BSc from McGill University, her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her MD cum laude from Harvard Medical School. She completed a Preventive Medicine Residency at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene. Dr Duerr joined the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1991 as Chief of the HIV Section in the Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Under her direction, the HIV section expanded and developed a research portfolio related to HIV and reproductive health of women. At the CDC Dr Duerr led the development of several domestic and international efforts, including: (1) the HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS) - a study of the clinical course of HIV infection in women, (2) research to increase awareness of refugee women’s health, (3) an investigation of HIV transmission in Thai couples, (4) studies of the use of physical barrier methods (condoms and the diaphragm) for STD/HIV prevention, and (5) the ongoing Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition (BAN) trial on the prevention of HIV transmission during breastfeeding. Dr Duerr has received numerous honors, including the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Award, and the Public Health Service Special Recognition Award; she has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Since 2003, Dr Duerr has been the Associate Director of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) in Seattle, WA. She is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and in 1995 co-edited a book entitled HIV Infection in Women.