IAVI names scientific advisory committee chair
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has named Dr Robin Weiss chair of its scientific advisory committee (SAC); he will also serve as the SAC representative to the IAVI board of directors. Dr Weiss is Emeritus professor of viral oncology at University College London (UCL) and will be the fourth SAC Chair since IAVI, which is headquarter in New York, US, was established in 1996. He replaces Dr Reinhard Kurth – whose mandate ended on 30 June 2013.