Sharon Lewin

Sharon Lewin
Lewin in November 2017
Born
Melbourne, Australia
Alma materMonash University
Known forHIV persistence and latency, HIV/HBV co-infection, COVID-19
SpouseRobert Milstein[1]
Awards
  • Peter Wills Medal (2015)
  • Officer of the Order of Australia (2019)
  • Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership in Medical Virology (2020)
  • Medal for Outstanding Female Researcher (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, immunology, V\virology
InstitutionsThe Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Monash University, Department of Infectious Diseases
Alfred Hospital
Burnet Institute

Sharon Ruth Lewin is an Australian infectious diseases expert who is the inaugural Director of The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) and the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics. She is also a Melbourne Laureate Professor of Medicine at The University of Melbourne, and the current president of the International AIDS Society (IAS) (2022 - 2024).