Together, we span the globe.

Bridge HIV often works with global networks to research HIV prevention. They consist of top HIV scientists, educators, and community leaders. Our partnerships with these groups support our mission. Learn more about them below.

HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN)
The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is the world’s largest public effort to develop HIV/AIDS vaccines. The HVTN conducts all phases of clinical trials. From testing experimental vaccines for safety. To testing if they work as intended. 

HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)
The HIV Prevention Trials Network is a global group. It includes investigators, ethicists, and community partners. They aim to test interventions to prevent HIV infection and transmission.

Adolescent Trials Network (ATN)
The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) aims to end the HIV epidemic among U.S. adolescents and young adults. ATN aims to raise HIV awareness in youth. For those with HIV, they want to improve access to health care.

AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)
The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) is a leading global network for HIV/AIDS research. It includes top trial investigators and research sites. The ACTG aims to cure HIV and lessen its health impacts. It offers resources for research, treatment, care, and education. In the San Francisco Bay Area, our partner runs an ACTG site within the Positive Health Program at the University of California, San Francisco.

Getting to Zero
Getting to Zero San Francisco (GTZSF) brings together a variety of stakeholders. This group includes leaders from UCSF, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the private healthcare sector, community organizations, local officials, and activists. Their shared goal is to end new HIV infections, deaths, and stigma. They aim to make San Francisco the first city to end HIV/AIDS. Key leaders from Bridge HIV are active in GTZSF. Dr. Buchbinder is a founder. Both she and Dr. Scott are on the GTZ Steering Committee. Dr. Liu co-chairs the GTZ PrEP Committee.

AIDS Research Institute (ARI)
The AIDS Research Institute (ARI) at UC San Francisco leads all AIDS research there. It fosters innovation and collaboration to tackle the epidemic globally and nationally. Drs. Buchbinder and Scott from Bridge HIV are on ARI’s Executive Committee.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. It funds research to combat HIV/AIDS. Bridge HIV collaborates with the CDC on HIV prevention projects.

Heluna Health
Heluna Health is a non-profit dedicated to bettering community health. It partners with organizations to deliver management services. They support Bridge HIV with accounting, grants management, and human resources.