Gary J. Nabel, MD, PhD is Director of the Vaccine Research Center in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Nabel is well known as a molecular virologist and immunologist. His research focuses on understanding viral gene expression and developing vaccines for HIV, Ebola virus, influenza and other emerging viruses. He completed the MD-PhD program at Harvard University followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with David Baltimore at the Whitehead Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Nabel’s achievements include appointment to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Association of American Physicians. He has served as a councilor for the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and as a scientific reviewer or adviser for organizations including the Keystone Symposia, the AIDS Clinical Trial and Vaccine Trials Networks, and the Gates Foundation.
