Dr. Stephen Lee

Dr. Stephen Lee is the executive director of NASTAD. Stephen oversees all NASTAD programs – Health Care Access, Prevention, Hepatitis, Drug User Health, Health Equity, Policy & Legislative Affairs, and Health Systems Integration – as well as NASTAD’s overall operations. Stephen has deep expertise in program and organizational management, and his experience as a physician brings a practical perspective with regard to policy and program implementation. Prior to joining NASTAD, Stephen was a global HIV expert for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, where for 13 years he managed the development and implementation of programs that provided prevention, care, and treatment services to individuals affected by HIV. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Baylor University, a degree in medicine from Emory University School of Medicine, an MBA from Heriot Watt University, and a post graduate diploma in health systems management from the University of London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez

Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez serves as Senior Program Advisor at NASTAD. In this role, he serves as a technical expert and works across programs to advance NASTAD's four strategic priority areas by maximizing opportunities for collaboration and innovation. Edwin joined NASTAD in 2014 and most recently served as the director of the Health Systems Integration team, leading NASTAD's efforts to bridge public health and health care systems and managing several HRSA- and CDC-funded cooperative agreements. Edwin brings expertise in forging partnerships between public health delivery systems and health care payment and delivery systems, particularly Medicaid programs. Other work areas include innovative financing mechanisms for HIV and hepatitis C, including 340B Drug Pricing Program revenue and health care coverage for preventive services.

Maranda C. Ward

Maranda C. Ward, Ed.D, MPH, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Equity in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Ward is an expert in advancing anti-racism efforts within health professions education and in designing curricula to enable students and faculty to competently promote health and racial equity in practice. Her research focuses on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and antiracism educational interventions as well as stakeholder-engaged community-focused studies on HIV, Black women's health, and youth identity. As a member of the DC Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR), she is the principal investigator on Two in One: HIV and COVID Screening & Testing Model that allows her to lead a national research-based educational intervention for primary care practitioners to routinize screenings for HIV, PrEP/PEP, and the COVID vaccine. This research will lead to a set of policy recommendations for overall practice-based changes for all patients and culturally responsive messaging for racial, ethnic, sexual and gender minoritized patients. She is also skilled in the application of participatory action research methods.