The Committee to Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV Care (the committee) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) staff would like to thank many individuals for providing information, data, discussions, presentations, and comments throughout this study. The insight, expertise, and information provided by these individuals were essential to the development of the conclusions and recommendations of this report.

This report would not have been possible without the generous contributions from government officials and survey methods researchers. From the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the committee would like to thank James Heffelfinger, Amy Lansky, and Jacek Skarbinski for their responses to inquiries and provision of the most current version of the Medical Monitoring Project data collection instruments and protocol. The committee would also like to thank Sindre Rolstad (AstraZeneca R&D) and Angela Knudson and José Zuniga of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care for submitting articles requested by the IOM staff and committee. Their contributions provided vital information to help provide a more complete picture of the methods used to develop the estimates of the populations affected most by HIV in the United States.

Finally, the committee would like to acknowledge the IOM staff for their support and expertise, in particular, the efforts of Morgan Ford (study director), Carol Mason Spicer (associate program officer), and Alejandra Martín (research assistant). The committee also appreciates the efforts of Colin F. Fink (senior program assistant) for attending to the logistical requirements for the meetings and for aiding in the drafting of the report. The committee also recognizes Rose Marie Martinez (director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice). Additional staff support included assistance from Laura DeStefano (Office of Reports and Communication), Hope Hare (administrative assistant), Florence Poillon (copyeditor), and Doris Romero (financial associate). The IOM would also like to take this opportunity to thank the support staff for our committee members who were incredibly helpful with the logistical and administrative aspects of this project: Alexandra Blue (Amida Care, Inc.); Donna Hess (Emory University); Carolyn Ingalls (Harvard University); Sue Johnson and Andrea Karis (Fenway Institute); Nancy Leonard (Johns Hopkins University); Taylor Maturo (University of California, San Francisco); Jennifer St. Clair (Vanderbilt); and Alma Yates (University of California, San Francisco).