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Martha F. Rogers, MD
Before coming to the Task Force, Dr. Rogers spent 19 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mostly in work related to the control of HIV/AIDS worldwide. Dr. Rogers is an expert known nationally and internationally in the field of HIV/AIDS in women and children. She established the first surveillance systems for AIDS in children and one of the first longitudinal studies of mother-to-child (perinatal) transmission of HIV. This work led to development and testing of a highly effective intervention to prevent perinatal transmission. She also established one of the first studies to examine perinatal transmission among women and children in Africa. Her work provided the basis for later studies indicating the importance of breast feeding in transmission of HIV. During her tenure at CDC, Dr. Rogers took the lead role in development of CDC’s policy documents on HIV in children. One of the most important of these was published in 1995, recommending universal HIV testing of pregnant women in the United States during pregnancy. She was also instrumental in developing guidelines for prophylactic treatment of HIV-infected women to prevent transmission to their infants. Dr. Rogers was appointed co-chair of the CDC initiative to eliminate pediatric HIV infection in the United States, and was placed in charge of a $10 million effort to establish prevention programs in 16 state health departments and 5 national pediatric organizations. These efforts have led to a 75% decline in HIV infection among children in the United States. She has served on numerous task forces and expert panels, including the Surgeon General’s Task Force, the UNAIDS Committee for Pediatric AIDS, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric AIDS. She has also served on the planning committees of several national and international AIDS conferences. Dr. Rogers has published over 75 articles and serves as a peer reviewer for several journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, AIDS, Pediatrics, and The Lancet. She has received several US Public Health Service (USPHS) awards including several unit commendations and individual commendation medals. She has received both the Outstanding Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal, two of the highest awards of the USPHS. She has also received the Outstanding Unit Commendation for her service to the office of the Surgeon General. She has been recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work as well. Dr. Rogers is a board certified pediatrician who trained at Emory University, Medical College of Georgia, and Phoenix Affiliated Pediatric Programs.
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