This biographical article is written like a résumé. (October 2021) |
Sharon Lewin | |
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Born | Melbourne, Australia |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Known for | HIV persistence and latency, HIV/HBV co-infection, COVID-19 |
Spouse | Robert Milstein[1] |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine, immunology, V\virology |
Institutions | The 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).