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Renowned Public Health Virologist José Esparza Ushers in New Era for Global Virus Network (GVN) as President
Renowned Public Health Virologist JosĂ© Esparza Ushers in New Era for Global Virus Network (GVN) as President Prominent drug discoverer, virologist, and entrepreneur Raymond Schinazi is also elected to the GVN executive committee and esteemed lawyer Tim Moynahan is reappointed as GVN Chairman of the Board of Directors January 27, Baltimore, MD: The Global Virus…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Adds University of Miami Center for AIDS Research as Newest Center of Excellence
Global Virus Network Adds University of Miami Center for AIDS Research as Newest Center of Excellence Baltimore, November 17, 2015: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing more than 25 countries and comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, announced today the addition of the University of Miami Miller School of…
Read MoreMiddle East Virus Travels to Far East
Middle East Virus (MERS) Travels to Far East On June 14, The World Health Organization (WHO) described the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea as “large and complex.” The WHO, joined by South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare, called for strengthening of contact tracing, monitoring and quarantine as well as…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Meeting Strengthens Ties Among Top Virus Researchers
GVN’s programs facilitate international collaborations to address growing viral threats May 19, 2015, Beijing, China–The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world’s leading medical virology research centers working together to prevent illness and death from viral disease, held its 7th meeting in partnership with Beijing University of Technology, a GVN Center of Excellence,…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Meeting Strengthens Ties Among Top Virus Researchers
Global Virus Network Meeting Strengthens Ties Among Top Virus Researchers GVN’s programs facilitate international collaborations to address growing viral threats Beijing, China, May 19, 2015: The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world’s leading medical virology research centers working together to prevent illness and death from viral disease, held its 7th meeting in…
Read MoreTop Virologists Meet in China to Address Threats
Top Virologists of the Global Virus Network (GVN) Meet in China to Address Threats The Addition of Two GVN Centers of Excellence Strengthen GVN’s Worldwide Reach Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 11, 2015: The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world’s leading medical virology research centers working together to prevent illness and death from…
Read MoreConfronting Ebola at its Origins: GVN Member, The South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Deploys their Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory to Sierra Leone
The 2014/15 outbreak of Ebola virus disease is the largest ever reported of this deadly, highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease since its initial discovery in humans in 1976. The current outbreak was first recognized in March, 2014 in Guinea and has since crossed international boundaries into Sierra Leone and Liberia where case numbers have now surpassed…
Read MoreGVN Symposium on the Global Spread of Chikungunya
GVN Symposium on the Global Spread of Chikungunya On November 5, GVN and its partner, ASTMH, convened a special symposium on “The Global Spread of Chikungunya: Epidemiology, Evolution, Pathogenesis and Global Needs” at the annual ASTMH meeting in New Orleans. All three of GVN’s Task Force Chairs on Chikungunya spoke at the session, which was…
Read MoreMEDIA 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 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,…
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