RESPOND Study Group

The International Multicohort Consortium of Infectious Disease study group

AIDS Therapy Evaluation in the Netherlands Cohort (ATHENA): ​F Wit, Marc vd Valk, M Hillebregt, Stichting HIV Monitoring (SHM), Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD): K Petoumenos, M Law, N Rose, J Hutchinson, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia 

Austrian HIV Cohort Study (AHIVCOS): R Zangerle, H Appoyer, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruch, Austria

Brighton HIV cohort: Prof Jaime Vera, Dr Amanda Clarke, Bryony Broster, Lisa Barbour

CHU Saint-Pierre, S De Wit, M Delforge, Centre de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses a.s.b.l., Brussels, Belgium

Croatian HIV cohort:  J Begovac, University Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia

EuroSIDA Cohort: G Wandeler, CHIP, Rigshospitalet, RegionH, Copenhagen, Denmark

Frankfurt HIV Cohort Study: C Stephan, M Bucht, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Georgian National AIDS Health Information System (AIDS HIS): N Chkhartishvili, O Chokoshvili,  Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center, Tbilisi, Georgia

Italian Cohort Naive Antiretrovirals (ICONA): A d’Arminio Monforte, A Rodano, A Tavelli, I Fanti, Icona Foundation, Milan, Italy.

Modena HIV Cohort: C Mussini, V Borghi, Università degli Studi di Modena, Modena, Italy

Nice HIV Cohort: C Pradier, E Fontas, K Dollet, C Caissotti, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Public Health, UR2CA, Nice, France.

PISCIS Cohort Study: J Casabona, JM Miro, Centre Estudis Epidemiologics de ITS i VIH de Catalunya (CEEISCAT), Badalona, Spain

Royal Free Hospital Cohort: C Smith, F Lampe, M Johnson, F Burns, C Chaloner, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom

San Raffaele Scientific Institute​: ​A Castagna, A Lazzarin, A Poli, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

Swedish InfCare HIV Cohort: C Carlander, A Sönnerborg, M Gisslén, F Månsson, J Brännström, H Norrgren, O Elvstam, L Fohlin, L Mattson, Å Mellgren, S Blom, P Albinsson, Sweden

Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS): H Günthard, B Ledergerber, H Bucher, A Scherrer, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

University Hospital Bonn: JC Wasmuth, J Rockstroh, Bonn, Germany

University Hospital Cologne: JJ Vehreschild, G. Fätkenheuer, M Stecher, N Schulze, B Franke, Cologne, Germany


RESPOND Executive Committee 
Lene Ryom*, M Law*, J Rooney, I McNicholl, V Vannappagari, H Garges, K Petoumenos, G Wandeler, R Zangerle, C Smith, S De Wit, J Lundgren, H Günthard, L Young, R Campo 
*Chair

RESPOND Scientific Steering Committee
J Lundgren*, H Günthard*, J Kowalska, D Raben, L Ryom, A Mocroft, J Rockstroh, L Peters, O Kirk, D Podlekareva, A Volny Anne, N Dedes, ED Williams, N Chkhartishvili, R Zangerle, K Petoumenos, F Wit, C Necsoi, G Wandeler, C Stephan, C Pradier, A D’Arminio Monforte, C Mussini, A Bruguera, H Bucher, A Sönnerborg, JJ Vehreschild, JC Wasmuth, C Smith, A Castagna, J Vera, J Rooney, I McNicholl, V Vannappagari, H Garges, L Young, R Campo 
*Chairs

Community Representatives:

Alain Volny-Anne, Nikos Dedes, Luis Mendao (European AIDS Treatment Group), Esther Dixon Williams (UK)

RESPOND Staff
Coordinating Centre Staff: JF Larsen, L Peters, N Jaschinski, A Timiryasova, B Neesgaard, O Fursa, L Ryom, ML Jakobsen, C Kraef, M Gardizi
Data Management Staff: K Andersen, L Ramesh Kumar, TW Elsing, S Shahi,
Statistical Staff: J Reekie, L Greenberg, L Bansi-Matharu, A Pelchen-Matthews, K Petoumenos, N Rose, D. Byonanebye, E Tusch, W Bannister, A Roen
 

Funding

The International Cohort Consortium of Infectious Disease (RESPOND) has received funding from ViiV Healthcare LLC, Gilead Sciences and Merck Sharp & Dohme. Additional support has been provided by participating cohorts contributing data in-kind and/or statistical support: Austrian HIV Cohort Study (AHIVCOS), The Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD), CHU Saint-Pierre, University Hospital Cologne, EuroSIDA, Frankfurt HIV Cohort Study, Georgian National AIDS Health Information System (AIDS HIS), Modena HIV Cohort, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS), AIDS Therapy Evaluation in the Netherlands Cohort (ATHENA), Royal Free HIV Cohort Study. AHOD is further supported by grant No. U01-AI069907 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and GNT1050874 of the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia.