Acknowledgments
The development of the Prevention Research E-Learning Centre and the Microbicides Essentials course was supported by the United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of USAID, the US government, or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Site Design and Development
Site design and development by Grafeio Hypermedia consulting group: Joanne Tzanis, Project Lead, was responsible for strategic planning and instructional design. Cassandra Cook was the Project Manager and Site Producer on the project. Maria Leather was responsible for the site's Graphic Interface Design. Animations and interactivity by Todd Mariani, an interactive designer living in Philadelphia, PA. Site coding and functionality by Digital Edge advanced technology group. Thanks to Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, who contributed technical and scientific writing to the project, to Karen Cook and Bill Tivenan for their contributions to the project's content development, to Constantine Tzanis for his work on technical and scientific graphics, and to Ebbe Bassey, Chet Anekwe, and the many other performers who contrributed to the development of the course vignettes. Special thanks to David Silverman, who provided invaluable technical expertise on the project.
Writers and Reviewers
Finally, many thanks go a long list of people who helped write, contribute to, or review parts of the course. Their contributions varied from responding to a couple of e-mail queries, to spending hours reviewing scientific animations, to writing screens and screens of test.
We could not have completed this course without the following people: Alan Stone, Amy Swann, Ana Ventuneac, Anandi Yuvaraj, Anna Forbes, Anna Foss, Arwa Meijer, Ayesha Kharsany, Barbara Friedland, Benoit Masse, Betsy Tolley, Bindiya Patel, Catherine Montgomery, Charles Muga, Charles Shagi, Charlotte Watts, Chris Curry, Clair Kaplan, Cynthia Woodsong, Danna Flood, Daria Smolinski, David Alexander, Deborah Baron, Deirdre Grant, Doug Taylor, Elizabeth McGrory, Emily Bass, Emily Longvall, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Francoise Welter, Fred Lee, Fred Wyand, Gary Wolnitzek , Georgina Caswell, Guy Stallworthy, Ian McGowan, Imogen Fua, Janneke van de Wijgert, Jennifer Sarche, Jeremy Nuttall, Jessica Cohen, Jim Pickett, Joe Romano, Jonathan Fuchs, Kate Morrow, Katie West, Kiesha McCurtis, Kim Dickson, Laurie Sylla, Lee Claypool, Lori Heise, Lori Miller, Manju Chatani, Marc-Andre LeBlanc, Margaret Lippitt, Margaret Muganwa, Martha Brady, Melanie Mills, Melissa Robbiani, Mitchell Warren, Mitzy Gafos, Mitzy Gafos, Molly Mort, Morenike Ukpong, Pam Norick, Pamina Gorbach, Paramita Kundu, Patricia Fletcher, Pauline Irungu, Peter Anton, Polly Harrison, Rebecca Callahan, Rebekah Webb, Rhonda White, Robin Shattock, Salim Karim, Saul Walker, Sean Philpott, Shannon Huffaker, Sharon Hillier, Shelby Everitt, Stephanie Skoler, Stephanie Tillman, Steve Taravella, Thao Nguyen, Tim Farley, Todd Dickens, Tom Moench.
