Forefront of Virology Webinars
The Global Virus Network hosts a regular webinar series for COVID-19 and other virus-related knowledge sharing, featuring expert virologists from GVN Centers of Excellence around the world. Speakers highlight the latest scientific progress on different aspects of a given viral threat and ongoing efforts to stop, treat, or prevent it. Each session is a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 20-minute Q&A moderated by GVN's President Dr. Christian Bréchot.
August 24, 2023 - Dr. Michaela Gack
Dr. Michaela Gack, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Florida Research & Innovation Center
Scientific Director
Arthur and Marylin Levitt Endowed Chair
GVN Center Director
July 28, 2023 - Dr. Hideki Hasegawa
Hideki Hasegawa, MD, PhD
Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
Director, Research Center for Influenza and Respiratory Viruses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
GVN Center Director
June 1, 2023 - Dr. Alessandro Sette
Dr. Alessandro Sette
Professor and GVN Member
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation
University of California, School of Medicine
May 15, 2023 - Dr. Hervé Perron
Hervé Perron, PhD
University of Lyon, France
Chief Scientific Officer of GeNeuro, Switzerland
April 17, 2023 - Dr. Ulrike Protzer
Dr. Ulrike Protzer
Chair for Virology
Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich, Germany GVN Center of Excellence Director
JANUARY 23, 2023 - Dr. Stephan Becker
Stephan Becker, PhD
Professor of VirologyDirector, Institute of VirologyPhilipps University Marburg, GermanyGVN Center Director
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 - Dr. Rachel Roper
Rachel Roper, MS, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Brody School of Medicine
Co-Chair, Global Virus Network Monkeypox Task Force
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Adjunct Professor, School of Dental Medicine
East Carolina University
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 - Dr. Diane Griffin
Diane E. Griffin, MD, PhD
University Distinguished Service Professor
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
GVN Center Director
June 27, 2022 - Dr. Avindra Nath
Dr. Avindra Nath
Chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIH
June 17, 2022 - Drs. Nicolas Hoertel and Céline Cougoule
Dr. Céline Cougoule, PhD
HDR – CNRS & University of Toulouse
Nicolas Hoertel, MD, MPH, PhD
Paris Cité University, INSERM & Corentin-Celton Hospital
APRIL 7, 2022 – DR. EMMA THOMSON
Emma Thomson, PhD FRCP
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
GVN Member
MARCH 10, 2022 – DR. MAURICIO L. NOGUEIRA
Mauricio L. Nogueira, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Faculdade de Medicina de SJ Rio Preto (FAMERP)
Brazil
FEBRUARY 17, 2022 – DR. RUBESHAN PERUMAL
Rubeshan Perumal, MBChB, MPH, MMed, MPhil, FCP(SA)
Senior Scientist
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
Specialist Physician and Pulmonologist
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
GVN Member
FEBRUARY 3, 2022 – DR. DAVID OSTROV
David Ostrov, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
GVN Member
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 – DR. ROBERT F. GARRY
Robert F. Garry, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Assistant Dean for Biomedical Sciences
Tulane University School of Medicine
GVN Center Director
OCTOBER 20, 2021 – DR. MATTHEW FRIEMAN
Dr. Matthew Frieman
Associate Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Associate Member, Institute of Human Virology
GVN Member
AUGUST 30, 2021 – DR. YOUNGMEE JEE
Dr. Youngmee Jee
CEO
Institut Pasteur Korea, South Korea
GVN Center Director
JULY 27, 2021 – DR. DONALD INGBER
Dr. Donald Ingber
Founding Director
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, USA
GVN Center Director
JUNE 14, 2021 – DR. MARION KOOPMANS
Dr. Marion Koopmans
Head of Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
Department of Viroscience, Rotterdam, Netherlands
GVN Center Director
MAY 12, 2021 – DR. GAVIN CLOHERTY
Dr. Gavin Cloherty
Head of Infectious Disease Research at Abbott, USA
Research Fellow in Abbott’s Volwiler Society
GVN Corporate Center Director
APRIL 19, 2021 – DR. PENNY MOORE
Dr. Penny Moore
NRF/DST South African Research Chair of Virus-Host Dynamics
Reader/Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand / National Institute for
Communicable Diseases (NICD), South Africa
GVN Center Director
MARCH 25, 2021 – DR. SCOTT WEAVER
Dr. Scott Weaver
Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Institute for Human Infections & Immunity
Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
GVN Center Director, UTMB
FEBRUARY 25, 2021 – DR. RALPH BARIC
Dr. Ralph Baric
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of North Carolina, United States
DECEMBER 3, 2020 – DR. YIMING SHAO
Dr. Yiming Shao
Chief Expert on AIDS, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Director of the Division of Research on Virology and Immunology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China
Member of the GVN SARS-CoV-2 Task Force
OCTOBER 8, 2020 – DR. DAMIAN PURCELL
Damian Purcell
Head of the Molecular Virology Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Melbourne
The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – DR. RICHARD SCHEUERMANN
Dr. Richard Scheuermann
Director, La Jolla Campus at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
Professor, University of California, San Diego
Director, GVN Center of Excellence
GVN SARS-CoV Task Force Member
AUGUST 13, 2020 – DR. JONATHAN SEXTON
Dr. Jonathan Sexton
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
University of Michigan, USA
Member, Global Virus Network
JULY 23, 2020 – DR. KANTA SUBBARAO
Kanta Subbarao
Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
JULY 9, 2020 – DR. ERICA OLLMANN SAPHIRE
Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire
Director, GVN Center of Excellence
GVN SARS-CoV-2 Task Force Member
Professor, La Jolla Institute for Immunology,
Scripps Research Institute, USA
JUNE 19, 2020 – DR. JOHAN NEYTS
Dr. Johan Neyts
Director, GVN Center of Excellence
GVN SARS-CoV-2 Task Force Member
Professor, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Belgium
JUNE 5, 2020 – DR. LINFA WANG
Dr. Linfa Wang
Director, GVN Center of Excellence
GVN SARS-CoV-2 Task Force Member
Director of the Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases
Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore