Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A (bio, .pdf, 15kb) is Vice President and Director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit, private operating foundation.  Ms. Kates oversees all of the Foundation’s HIV/AIDS policy efforts, directing and conducting policy research and analysis focused on both the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and the epidemic within the United States.

Ms. Kates is involved in several international efforts designed to track global and domestic resource flows to fight the epidemic and is a recognized expert in this field.  Ms. Kates also works on the Foundation’s broader global health projects, and was instrumental in designing and overseeing the development of www.globalhealthfacts.org, which provides the latest country-level data on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.  She regularly provides HIV/AIDS information to numerous external stakeholders including the news media, policymakers, and community members.  Ms. Kates has been working on HIV/AIDS issues for more than 15 years and will be answering questions related to sustaining the commitment to end AIDS at our World AIDS Day forum entitled "Renew the Promise. End AIDS."

Erik Ireland spoke with Ms. Kates about the Kaiser Family Foundation, her policy work and the intersection of GLBT policy concerns and HIV policy concerns today. You can download the interview to your computer by right-clicking on the link below and choosing "save as" or click on the link to open the .mp3 file in your browser.

Interview with Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A. (.mp3, 1.4 mb, 8:09)