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general overview

Biography: Henry L. "Skip" Francis graduated with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Political Science from Amherst College in 1974.

Education: Following his graduation, Francis enrolled in Howard University Medical School.

Career Trajectory: During the peak of the HIV/AIDS outbreak in the United States and around the world, Francis served as an AIDS clinical investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where became a seminar figure in HIV/AIDS in Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). In this role he collaborated in the publication of nearly 200 research articles concerning HIV/AIDS in Africa. He served as Director of the U.S. Public Health Service & Belgian Project SIDA (AIDS research project) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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