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What We Do The Global Virus Network (GVN) works to raise awareness and mobilize resources on critical needs in medical virology. So we work with governments, multilateral institutions, private-sector groups, and non-profit organizations to improve medical virology worldwide, call attention to critical research and training needs, and provide science-driven information and perspectives related to preparing…
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Get Involved Types of Memberships Thank you for your interest in joining the Global Virus Network. There are several membership options, whether as an academic virologist, corporate partner, other partner institution, as well as opportunities for individual and student members. Please review the types of memberships below and be in touch if you would like…
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About > Team Team Sten Vermund, MD, PhD President Dr. Sten Vermund is a pediatrician and infectious disease epidemiologist focused on diseases of low- and middle-income countries. His work on HIV-HPV interactions among women in Bronx methadone programs motivated a change in the 1993 CDC AIDS case surveillance definition and inspired cervical cancer screening programs…
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About > Press Press Releases GVN Statement on SARS-CoV-2 Variant BF7 SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to appear worldwide. There is some concern… Global Virus Network (GVN) Announces 2022 Elected Members Of Rising Star Mentorship Program The eleven awardees will receive training and mentorship to… Global Virus Network (GVN) Adds Thailand’s Mahidol University as Newest Member…
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About > Board Leadership From the President “The COVID-19 pandemic conclusively demonstrated the compelling need for an independent, global organization committed to the preparedness, defense and first collaborative research response to emerging, existing, and unidentified viruses that pose a clear and present threat to public health. The GVN must ensure that the world will never…
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About > Mission Mission Dramatically improve responses to viral causes of human disease and prepare for new viral pandemic threats by strengthening medical research globally. GVN meets its mission in three ways: Research Support GVN promotes the development of pathogenesis discovery, better diagnostics, antiviral drugs, vaccines, and more. Training and Education GVN supports its…
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About The Global Virus Network (GVN) was co-founded in 2011 by Robert Gallo, MD of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, William Hall, MD, PhD of University College Dublin and the late Reinhard Kurth, MD, PhD, of the Robert Koch Institute. The GVN is an essential and critical…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Adds Turkish Virology Consortium
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, August 7, 2023: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing more than 70 Centers of Excellence in over 40 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, announced the addition of the Turkish Virology Consortium (TVC) as its newest Center of Excellence. “We are pleased to add Turkey’s leading…
Read MoreMultiple Sclerosis: How is it Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus?
In the past, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been associated with many virus infections. But causation has been hard to establish for any specific virus. The association to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) comes from a recent study involving a large military cohort (> 10 million adults) in which there were 955 cases of MS. The risk of…
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…
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