PrEP in Pop Culture: Memorials

8/9/21 (Author’s note, contact, and the rest of this PrEP pop culture series.)

Among the many people who have participated in the history-making that is PrEP, some themselves, sadly, now, are also history. Some of these dearly departed contributors are listed below in order of last name, with brief contribution explanations and approximate death notice dates. So, let’s take a moment to acknowledge their contributions to what is known as PrEP in the popular imagination and to mourn their untimely passings.

Timothy Ray Brown 9/29/20 PREP- and HIV treatment/cure advocate (1st person cured of HIV)

Timothy Ray Brown (courtesy of Getty Images via BBC News)

Brad Crelia 11/19/14 Early/active PrEP Facts Facebook group member and HIV writing advocate

Brad Crelia (courtesy of Poz.Com)

Geoff Honnor 6/23/20 ACON former Director of HIV & Sexual Health who helped launch Australia’s “Ending HIV” campaign and adoption of biomedical prevention

Geoff Honnor (courtesy of the Kirby Institute)

Bonus Makanani 8/6/21 groundbreaking PrEP Dapivirine Ring / Truvada pregnancy researcher

Bonus Makanani (courtesy of the Microbicide Trials Network)

J Jeff McConnell 1/25/14 IPREX Investigator and inspiration for PrEP Facts Facebook group

J Jeff McConnell (courtesy of AVAC)

Noel Offer 7/9/19 owner of generics (including PrEP) online international import pharmacy Green Cross

Noel Offer (courtesy of Facebook)

Mags Portman 2/6/19 pioneering British PrEP renegade care provider/campaigner

Mags Portman (courtesy of The Economist)

Paul Duncan Quick 11/3/18 HIV advocate and avid PrEP Facts participant

Paul Duncan Quick (courtesy of Facebook)

Gita Ramjee 3/31/2020 dedicated women’s PrEP Tenofovir gel researcher

Gita Ramjee (courtesy of University of Sunderland via The Lancet)

Zena Stein 11/7/21 pioneering 1990s advocate of PrEP rings as “HIV Prevention… Methods Women Can Use”

Zena Stein (courtesy of the British Medical Journal)

Mark Wainberg 4/11/17 creator of 3TC (forerunner to PrEP agent FTC) and seminal PrEP concept research author 2001 / 2003 / 2003

Mark Wainberg (courtesy of NEJM Journal Watch)