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Global Virus Network’s Annual Meeting Fortifies Bonds on the African Continent to Catalyze Innovative Research, Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness, and Combat Scientific Misinformation
Duke-NUS Medical School’s Dr. Linfa Wang Awarded GVN’s 2024 Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership Durban, South Africa (,September 18, 2024) – The Global Virus Network concluded its annual meeting of closed scientific sessions held 16-18 September 2024 with a press conference. Co-hosted by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Bolsters Multinational Mpox Response Through Critical Meeting of Key Global Partners
Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellow Nicolle Baird piloting a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in Ghana to better understand the mpox outbreak occurring in the West Africa region in November 2022. Credit: U.S. CDC Last week’s meeting marked a prelude to GVN’s international meeting in Durban, South Africa, September 16-18, 2024 Tampa, FL (August…
Read MoreThe Global Virus Network (GVN) Escalates MPOX Emergency Response Across Africa and Beyond
Credit: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium The GVN MPOX Action Committee is poised to mobilize resources and catalyze efforts in the urgent global call to action As the World Health Organization (WHO) declares MPOX a public health emergency of international concern, the Global Virus Network (GVN), headquartered at the University of South Florida (USF), USA,…
Read MoreGVN Experts Convene to Discuss H5N1 Flu — 3rd ad hoc panel
On July 30th, the Global Virus Network hosted a 3rd ad hoc panel of experts to discuss the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. This panel brought together experts to discuss and analyze potential implications for human health and global health security, strategizing responses to this viral threat. The 1st ad hoc panel occurred on May…
Read MoreGVN Experts Convene to Discuss H5N1 Flu — 2nd ad hoc panel
On June 27th, the Global Virus Network hosted a 2nd ad hoc panel of experts to discuss the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. This panel brought together experts to discuss and analyze potential implications for human health and global health security, strategizing responses to this viral threat. The 1st ad hoc panel occurred on May…
Read MoreUSF Selected as the International Headquarters of the Global Virus Network
Dr. Robert Gallo, world-renowned scientist and co-discoverer of HIV, joins USF medical school faculty TAMPA, Fla. (June 5, 2024) — The University of South Florida will serve as host for the international headquarters of the Global Virus Network, a distinguished organization comprised of virologists spanning in excess of 80 Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Experts Convene to Discuss H5N1 Flu
On May 13 at 10 a.m. EDT, the Global Virus Network will host an ad hoc panel of experts to discuss the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) circulating worldwide, now considered a “pandemic among animals” (panzootic). This panel brings together experts to discuss and analyze potential implications for human health and global health security,…
Read MoreGVN Announces Participant of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Awardee to receive training and mentorship to help propel his rising career in virology Baltimore, MD, December 12, 2023: The Global Virus Network (GVN) a coalition comprised of human and animal virologists from 71 Centers of Excellence and 9 Affiliates in 40 countries, announced the recipient of the GVN – Abbott Pandemic Defense Postdoctoral Fellowship.…
Read MoreInternationally Renowned Public Health Expert Sten Vermund Appointed GVN President
Brings Decades Of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Prevention Experience Enhancing GVN’s Abilities To End Viral Threats & Advance Pandemic Preparedness Dr. Sten Vermund co-leads discussions at GVN’s annual meeting held last month in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Credit: Claudia G. Albuquerque Baltimore, MD, November 2, 2023: The Global Virus Network (GVN) today announced the appointment of…
Read MoreAnnual Meeting Catalyzes Information-Sharing on Cutting-Edge Discoveries to Contribute to Necessary Changes in Pandemic Preparedness
Tulane’s Dr. Robert Garry Awarded GVN’s 2023 Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership CSM’s Prof. Patrick Rampal co-leads discussions during the meeting. Credit: Claudia G. Albuquerque Monte Carlo, Monaco, October 24, 2023: Capping the three day meeting of the Global Virus Network (GVN)—hosted in partnership with the Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM,…
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