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