Ann J. Melvin, MD, MPH

Ann J. Melvin, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Melvin received her MD and MPH from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed her Pediatric residency and Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship training at the University of Washington.

Dr. Melvin is the director of the clinical HIV program at Seattle Children’s Hospital where she provides primary care services for HIV-exposed and infected children and adolescents. Her research effort focuses on clinical trials in children and adolescents with HIV to investigate optimal management strategies for initial and long‐term treatment. Through the NIH-funded International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent Clinical Trials Group, she has been chair or co‐chair of several national and international clinical trials. Dr. Melvin has been the co‐chair of the Regulatory Support and Bioethics Core of the University of Washington Institute for Translational Health Sciences, Senior Faculty Director for the ITHS Clinical Resources and is now the one of the faculty directors for the ITHS Hub Liaison Team (HLT).