Warner Greene, MD, PhD

“Research into the basic biology of a virus can have an exponential impact. Sometimes, insights with one virus open our understanding of other viruses and the diseases they cause.”

Warner Greene is the Director of the Center for HIV Cure Research and a Senior Investigator at Gladstone Institutes, investigating the molecular basis of HIV pathogenesis, transmission, and latency. He is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

An expert in virology and immunology, Greene was elected to the National Academy of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

As the former President and Executive Chairman of the Accordia Global Health Foundation, he helped expand global health efforts in sub-Saharan Africa and increased HIV care services in Uganda. He was also a Professor of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Duke University and Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute.

Greene received his B.A. from Stanford University and M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.