Usha K. Sharma PhD, MPH

Dr. Usha Sharma is a Senior Scientist at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Health (NIH), Division of AIDS (DAIDS) with over 20 years of experience in biomedical HIV prevention research in the field of HIV Combination Prevention and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) trials in the US and worldwide. As a member of the DAIDS Clinical Laboratory Operations Team (DCLOT) she provides oversight/guidance to International Laboratories for the conduct of Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP).

She is a member of cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation workgroup on validation of existing and future HIV incidence assays; the World Health Organization Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group; the External Advisory Board, Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (CDC, PHIA, PEPFAR initiative; evaluating population-level HIV surveys of 20 countries); and the Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA) group.