Baylor College of Medicine

Since the early 1990s, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology Clinic has provided comprehensive primary and specialty medical care and social services to infants, children and adolescents at risk for or living with HIV. With a commitment to pushing science forward, the department has been a leader in contributing to adolescent focused research through continued participation in the Adolescent Trials Network (ATN), the International Maternal, Pediatric, Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network, as well as conducting other Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and CDC funded protocols. Nationally recognized for our enrollment and retention of “hard-to-reach” adolescents at risk for HIV, we will be returning for our third iteration of the ATN.

Meet The Project Lead(s)

Mary Paul, MD

Professor of Pediatric

Site Lead
(832) 822-1038

mpaul@bcm.edu

6701 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77030

Meet The Team

About Baylor

Along with a robust network of community partners, the social services and research teams work together to provide treatment and prevention education for events and programs at local secondary schools and universities, as well as working with our Youth Community Advisory Board. These strong relationships contribute to our continued success within the network. 

Related Protocols

Protocol NumberName
ATN 164Screen 2 Prevent (S2P)/atn-164
ATN 165Linking Youth to PrEP Services (LYPS)/atn-165
ATN 167Legal, Economic and Affirming Peer Support (LEAP)/atn-167
ATN 168HIV And Pregnancy Prevention in Youth (HAPPY) - Steps 1, 2 and 3/atn-168

Team Members

Chivon McMullen-Jackson, BSN, RN, CCRP
Assistant Director of Research Site Coordinator
cdmcmull@texaschildrens.org 
Kimberly Kay Lopez, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Subinvestigator
kimberly.lopez@bcm.edu 
Susan Gillespie, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Subinvestigator
slg@bcm.edu 
Gayatri Mirani, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Subinvestigator
mirani@bcm.edu
Litty Koshy, MPH
Senior Research Coordinator
Lead Coordinator
litty.koshy@bcm.edu 
Daisy Perez, RN
Research Nurse
Research Coordinator
daisy.perez@bcm.edu

Partners

City of Houston

City of Houston

Houston Health Department

Avenue 360

HATCH Youth

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

University of Houston – LGBTQ+ Resource Center

The Resource Group

Baylor College of Medicine – PRIDE

Legacy Community Health

Allies in Hope

The Montrose Center

Harris Health System

Rice University – Queer Resource Center

Baylor Teen Health Clinic