
NIH Collaborators
HLB-SIMPLe is supported by a team of dedicated collaborators from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including representatives from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), and the Fogarty International Center.
Program Officers

Keith Mintzer
HLB-SIMPLe Clinical Trials
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Rebecca Roper
HLB-SIMPLe Research Coordinating Center
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Science Officers

Fernando Bruno
SCALE SAIA-HTN Mozambique and PULESA Uganda
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Maliha Ilias
InterCARE Botswana
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Mary Masterson
iHEART-SA South Africa
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science,
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Veronica (Vee) Tutse-Tonwe
MAP-IT Nigeria
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science,
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Makeda Williams
TASKPEN Zambia
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Other Collaborators

Geetha Bansal
HIV Research and Training Program Director
Division of International Training and Research, Fogarty International Center

Ajay Yadava
Program Analyst
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung Blood Institute