The Global Virus Network hosts a webinar series for COVID-19 related knowledge sharing, featuring expert virologists from GVN Centers of Excellence around the world. The topics focus on different aspects of the virus and the ongoing efforts to combat it, highlighting the latest scientific progress. Each session is a 30-minute live presentation, followed by a 20-minute Q&A hosted by GVN President Dr. Christian Bréchot.
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
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
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
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – DR. RICHARD SCHEUERMANN
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
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
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
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