Dr. S Ammann has served since October 1999 as the President of Global Strategies for HIV, an organization located in San Rafael, California that directs and organizes international programs for HIV prevention, including, education and training programs for approximately 41 clinics and hospitals in 15 countries. Since September 1998 Dr. Ammann has served as the Chairman of International Conferences: Global Strategies for Prevention of HIV Transmission, which organized international conferences in 1997, 1999, and 2001 on HIV education and training. From July 1985 to the present he has served as a Professor of Pediatric Immunology at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Ammann earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Wheaton College (1958) and a doctor of medicine degree from New Jersey College of Medicine (1962). He received residency training from the department of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco; and completed fellowship training in immunology at both the University of Minnesota Medical Center and the University of Wisconsin Medical Center.