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Elizabeth Connick, MD (she/her/hers)

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Arizona Tucson
Tucson, AZ, United States

Dr. Connick has been Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona since April 2016. A 1988 Harvard Medical School graduate, Dr. Connick completed an internship and internal medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and an infectious disease fellowship at the University of Colorado. She joined the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado in 1974 and pursued a career as a physician scientist, rising to the level of Professor before moving to the University of Arizona. Her research entails laboratory-based studies as well as clinical trials aimed at improving the care of people living with HIV. Her research interests include HIV immunopathogenesis and cure strategies, as well as mechanisms underlying sex differences in HIV infection. Dr. Connick has served as the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director at the University of Arizona since 2018. On a national level, Dr. Connick has had multiple roles. She served as a member on the FDA’s Antiviral Drug Advisory Committee (2011-14), the Office of AIDS Research Advisory council (2015-2019), and the NIH AIDS Immunology and Pathogenesis Study Section (2014-2018), including as Chair for the final two years. She has held multiple leadership roles within the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), a large HIV clinical trials organizations that plays a significant role in establishing standards of care for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases related to HIV and AIDS in the United States and developing world. She received the ACTG’s Constance B. Wofsy Woman’s Health Award in 2020 in recognition of her scientific contributions to research in women living with HIV. She received the University of Arizona College of Medicine’s Torchbearer Award in 2024 that honors outstanding women in medicine and science. She served previously as an Associate Editor for Clinical Infectious Diseases, and currently serves on the editorial boards of Infectious Disease News, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Journal of the International AIDS Society.

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