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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

Keith Mintzer

HLB-SIMPLe Clinical Trials

Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Rebecca Roper

Rebecca Roper

HLB-SIMPLe Research Coordinating Center

Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Science Officers

Fernando Bruno

Fernando Bruno

SCALE SAIA-HTN Mozambique and PULESA Uganda

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

Maliha Ilias

InterCARE Botswana

Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Mary Masterson

Mary Masterson

iHEART-SA South Africa

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

Veronica (Vee) Tutse-Tonwe

MAP-IT Nigeria

Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science,
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Makeda Williams

Makeda Williams

TASKPEN Zambia

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Other Collaborators

Geetha Bansal

Geetha Bansal

HIV Research and Training Program Director

Division of International Training and Research, Fogarty International Center

Ajay Yadava

Ajay Yadava

Program Analyst

Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung Blood Institute