Biography

Seth Berkley

President and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

Seth Berkley is the president, CEO and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and a medical doctor specializing in infectious disease epidemiology and international health. Before launching IAVI, Seth played a key role in Uganda?s national HIV sero-survey and helped develop its National AIDS Control programs. He is currently an adjunct professor of medicine at Brown University and an adjunct professor of public health at Columbia University. The author of over 85 publications, Seth has written extensively on infectious disease and frequently serves as a media commentator on health technology development, AIDS and global health issues.

Seth is available to comment on:

• The need for an AIDS vaccine and a comprehensive response to the AIDS pandemic

• The state of AIDS vaccine research

• IAVI?s role in the search for an AIDS vaccine

• The role of product development partnerships like IAVI in global health

• The importance of strengthening scientific and technological capacity in the developing world

• The importance of scientific collaboration to address current global health challenges

• Innovative financing mechanisms to advance global health

• Addressing funding gaps of vaccine research and development for neglected diseases

• Challenges of vaccine access and distribution in developing countries

• IAVI?s mission, strategic direction and core principles