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Action Committees
What We Do > Action Committees Action Committees Action Committees (formerly Task Forces and Watch Groups) is a key activity of the Global Virus Network. There are two types: Formed in response to a specific virus outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic. Focused on seven highly pathogenic virus categories and emerging pathogens: respiratory, retroviruses, oncogenic, arbovirology, hemorrhagic…
Read MoreGVN: Forefront of Virology Webinar Featuring Dr. Hideki Hasegawa
WELCOME TO Dr. Hideki Hasegawa – July 28, 2023 – “Development of mucosal vaccine, impact of s-IgA on acute respiratory infections.” 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 Director, GVN Center of Excellence…
Read MoreFurther Thoughts on Viral Persistence
August 2, 2022 INTRODUCTION Our previous Perspectives focused on the question of whether persistent cryptic expression of virus might be contributory to long COVID. To further consider this question, it may be useful to look at examples of persistence by other viruses. DNA VIRUSES The clearest and most easily understood examples of persistence are found…
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WELCOME TO Ireland Center of Excellence IRELAND Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 The CoE is based in the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) at University College Dublin (UCD) and is also associated with the National Virus Reference Laboratory. Research activities are focused on pathogenesis of HTLV-1…
Read MoreMeetings and Events
What We Do > Meetings and Events Meetings and Events The Global Virus Network regularly convenes meetings of its international network starting with the inaugural meeting in Washington, DC in March 2011. Whether through meetings or events, it is integral to the success of GVN’s mission to gather together the top medical virologists. Such meetings…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Adds Gilead Sciences to GVN Healthcare & Pharma Centers of Excellence Coalition
The Partnership Focuses on Stimulating Collaborations and Training the Next Generation of Virus Researchers to Prepare for and Mitigate Future Global Threats Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 30, 2021: The Global Virus Network (“GVN”), the world’s leading coalition of virologists combatting current and emerging pandemic viral threats and viral causes of disease through international collaborative research…
Read MoreGLOBAL VIRUS NETWORK (GVN) ADDS SANOFI PASTEUR TO GVN HEALTHCARE & PHARMA CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE COALITION
The Partnership Focuses on Training The Next Generation of Virus Researchers to Safeguard Mankind from Current and Future Threats Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 23, 2021: The Global Virus Network (“GVN”), the world’s leading coalition of virologists combatting current and emerging pandemic viral threats and viral causes of disease through international collaborative research response, by training…
Read MoreROBERT GALLO OF THE UM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY AND GLOBAL VIRUS NETWORK AWARDED TOP LIFE SCIENCES AND MEDICINE PRIZE FROM CHINA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, December 21, 2020: Robert C. Gallo, MD, The Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, co-founder and director of the Institute Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and co-founder and international scientific advisor of the Global Virus Network, was awarded the “VCANBIO Award for Biosciences and Medicine,”…
Read MoreGVN 2020 Special Annual Meeting Executive Summary
A New Era in the Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic: Forging a “Viral Pandemic Readiness Alliance” A September 22-23, 2020 Special Meeting of Top Global Experts Launches “Global Virus Network’s Vision for Future Pandemic Preparedness” We are in the midst of a pandemic that has completely upended the world with major economic, social and psychological impacts.…
Read MoreFrom molecular biology to human retroviruses: in memory of GVN Italy Center Director Umberto Bertazzoni (1937-2020)
Born in Trissino (VI) in 1937, Umberto Bertazzoni graduated from the University of Pavia in Pharmacy (1960) and in Biological Sciences (1964). He was a researcher at the Joint Research Center of Ispra from 1964 to 1974, researcher at the Institute of Genetics of the CNR of Pavia from 1974 to 1994 and Head of…
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