Our Team

Integrated PA DOH – PSCOM Co-PI Team
The Pennsylvania Expanded HIV Testing Initiative (PEHTI) is a PA DOH-directed initiative led by an integrated collaboration team of Co-Investigators from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) and Penn State College of Medicine (PSCOM).
Vladimir Krepets, PhD, MSci
PSCOM Co-Investigator/Associate Project Director for Technical Support
Faculty Research Associate
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
John J. Zurlo, MD
PSCOM Co-Investigator
Professor,
Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Department of Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine
Kenneth McGarvey
PA DOH Co-Principal Investigator
Director, Division of HIV/AIDS
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH, MPH
PA DOH Co-Principal Investigator/Project Director for Operations
Epidemiologist, HIV Epidemiology Investigation Section
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Technical Support for Field Operations Team
Lekhena Sros, PhD, MPH, RPh
Project Associate/Protocol Assurance for Correctional Healthcare
Faculty Research Associate/Snr Applied Public Health Fellow
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Khaled Iskandarani, MPH
Project Associate/Applied Public Health Fellow
Protocol Assurance, Field Operations on Opt-Out HIV Screening & Tracking Referrals to Prevention/Care
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Michael Witmer, MSW, LSW
Project Associate/Applied Public Health Fellow
Protocol Assurance, Field Operations on Linkage to & Retention in Care
Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Department of Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine
Technical Support for Data Management & Analyses Team
Vladimir Krepets, PhD, MSci
Associate Project Director for Operations & Technical Support
Faculty Research Associate
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Nathaniel Geyer, MS
Project Associate/Applied Public Health Fellow
Technical Support for Scale-up
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Joseph Quick
Data Support Systems
Majco Services
Hershey
Logistics, Budget & Operations Support
Erica Carpenter
Project Associate
Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Department of Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine