Archive for January 2014
MEDIA ADVISORY
Who: The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) and St. George’s University (SGU) in partnership with the Global Virus Network (GVN) Dr. Robert Gallo, Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Co-Founder and Scientific Director, GVN Dr. Anders Vahlne, Professor of Clinical Virology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, and Center Director…
Read MoreGVN’s First Journalist Virology Workshop in Grenada
Journalist Workshop In conjunction with St. George’s University and the Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation. In conjunction with St. George’s University and the Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation. About The Virology Workshop for Journalists will provide reporters from varying U.S. and Caribbean media outlets an opportunity to learn firsthand about the nature of…
Read MoreProminent Virologist Stanley Plotkin Joins GVN as Senior Advisor
Baltimore, MD: January 14, 2014 ;The Global Virus Network (GVN) is honored to have Dr. Stanley A. Plotkin, Emeritus Professor of the University of Pennsylvania and consultant to all of the major vaccine manufacturers, serve as a senior advisor. Dr. Plotkin is world renowned for his development of the rubella vaccine- now in standard use throughout the world,…
Read MoreA New Pathogen in Paradise
A New Pathogen in Paradise A new virus with a strange name recently emerged in the popular press and the public consciousness. On 19 December 2013, two confirmed cases of locally acquired chikungunyavirus (CHIK) were reported on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The World Health Organization announced that this is the first time local transmission of this virus has been detected in the Americas. CHIK is…
Read MoreGallo reflects on 30 years in HIV research
Gallo reflects on 30 years in HIV research Dan Rodricks, of the Baltimore Sun in January 4 th interview of Dr. Robert Gallo, and discusses the current advances leading to a “functional cure” .
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