Dr. Benet is a Professor and former Chairman (1978-1998) of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF. He has published more than 550 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is listed among Thompson Reuter’s Most Highly Cited Pharmacologists worldwide, with his peer reviewed publications having been cited on more than 24,000 occasions. Dr. Benet is a pioneer in the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PKPD) field and serves as the General Director of the UCSF HAL.

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief (Clinical Operations/ Education) of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. She also serves as the medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH (Ward 86). Dr. Gandhi works on HIV in women and on adherence metrics in the context of HIV prevention and treatment. She serves as the Clinical Director and principal investigator of the HAL.

HAL Laboratory Director Hideaki Okochi, PhD, directs development and validation of analytic methods to analyze antiretroviral levels in small hair samples, establishing development, validation, and execution strategies and policies for liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analytical assays for HIV research studies. Dr. Okochi manages all internal quality assurance and quality control standard operating procedures with the laboratory QA director.