SUMMIT PARTNERS

The National AIDS Housing Coalition, Inc. (NAHC), a 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1994 to assert the fundamental right of all persons living with HIV/AIDS to decent, safe, affordable housing and supportive services that are responsive and appropriate to their self-determined needs.

The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) is an independently incorporated, not-for-profit organization funded by the AIDS Bureau, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The OHTN acts as a collaborative network of people living with HIV/AIDS, health care providers, consumers, researchers, community-based organizations and government, with a mandate to provide leadership and to advance policy relating to the optimal treatment and care of people living with HIV in Ontario.

The Department of Health, Behavior and Society of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University was established in the summer of 2005 with a mission dedicated to research and training that advances scientific understanding of the impact on health of behavior and the societal context. Dr. David Holtgrave, Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, is a widely published healthcare economist, whose work is focused on the application of methods of cost and cost-utility analysis to the evaluation of the cost effectiveness of health care interventions, including HIV/AIDS systems of care and prevention.