Treatment and Data Committee

Formerly the Issues Committee, the Treatment and Data Committee studies medical research and teaches ACT UP about the drug-development process so that actions can be tailored to advocate for effective treatments.  

Almost none of the members of the T&D Committee have medical or scientific training, but they've have come to realize that they need to educate themselves about the highly technical details of virology and the drug development process. Many have done this incredibly successfully, and are as knowledgeable as career scientists and doctors on AIDS medical issues. 

Many of the members of the T&D committee view developing effective medications and getting them to the people who need them (the shorthand for this is "drugs into bodies") as the only real hope for ending the AIDS crisis. For some, this makes them speak up if they feel like ACT UP isn't devoting energy and resources to actions that don't directly further this goal.

Members

John Bohne

Michael Cowing

Jim Eigo

Richard Elovich

Jon Engbretson

Julie Fishman

Charlie Franchino

Mark Harrington

Bob Huff

David Z. Kirschenbaum

Garry Kleinman

Barry Lapidus

Iris Long

Timothy Lunceford

Jim Lyons

Margaret McCarthy

Mark Milano

Ann Otto

Rebecca Pringle

Herb Spiers