IDU Reference Group
The Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use

Reference Group membership

In 2010 the group has 23 core members and 24 corresponding members from 20 countries. These members are selected by the Steering Committee of the Reference Group and include clinicians, researchers in epidemiology and policy as well as injecting drug user representatives.

Core members
Atul Ambekar
Francisco Bastos
Alexey Bobrik
Azizbek Boltaev
Marcus Day
Don Des Jarlais
Jimmy Dorabjee
Lena Grigoryeva
Mauro Guarinieri
Matthew Hickman
Adnan Khan
Rick Lines
Jessie Mbwambo
Bronwyn Myers
Badou Roger N'Guessan
Afarin Rahimi
Heino Stöver
Steffanie Strathdee
Mark Tyndall
Daniel Wolfe
Lucas Wiessing
Wenyuan Yin
Tomas Zabransky

Corresponding members
Elie Aaraj
Abu Abdul-Quader
Tasnim Azim
Mamadou BA
Holly Bradford
Benham Farhoudi
Le Minh Gian
Jean-Paul Grund
Carl Hart
Li Jianhua
Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Alisher Latypov
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Jane Maxwell
Pratima Murthy
Tatyana Nikitina
Olanrewaju Onigbogi
Fred Owiti
Samiran Panda
Diana Rossi
Abdalla Toufik
Jallal Toufiq
Gino Vumbaca

Previous membership of the Reference Group

2008 Reference Group membership:
Core Members
Tasnim Azim
Francisco I Bastos
Mauro Guarinieri
Matthew Hickman
Li Jianhua
Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Azarakhsh Mokri
Bronwyn Myers
Olanrewaju Olusola Onigbogi
Fred Owiti
Samiran Panda
Gerry Stimson
Steffanie A Strathdee
Fayzal Sulliman
Abdalla Toufik
Jallal Toufiq
Mark Tyndall
Lucas Wiessing

2007 Reference Group membership:
Tasnim Azim
Mauro Guarinieri
Matthew Hickman
Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Fabio Mesquita
Azarakhsh Mokri
Olanrewaju Olusola Onigbogi
Fred Owiti
Samiran Panda
Steffanie A Strathdee
Fayzal Sulliman
Abdalla Toufik
Jallal Toufiq
Mark Tyndall
Lucas Wiessing

2002 – 2006 Reference Group membership:
Ingrid van Beek
Dave Burrows
Jimmy Dorabjee
Michael Farrell
Beri Hull
Suresh Kumar
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Fabio Mesquita
Maurice Odek-Ogunde
Afarin Rahimi Movaghar
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Emilis Subata
Franz Trautmann
Lucas Wiessing

Corresponding Members
Atul Ambekar
Jane Maxwell
Pratima Murthy
Tomas Zabransky

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Secretariat of the Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use
c/o Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit
Medical Research Council
P P Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505
SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 (21) 938 0888
Fax: +27 (21) 938 0342
Email: bronwyn.myers@mrc.ac.za