The fight against HIV, the ever changing enemy by Dr. Ramón Lorenzo Redondo.
Dr. Ramón Lorenzo Redondo, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His work focuses on viral evolution and the interaction between viruses and the host during infection. His main interests are RNA viruses, specially HIV-1, evolutionary biology, and genomics. The ultimate goal of his research is to understand the virus-host system and its evolutionary properties in order to develop the best treatments and prevention strategies for human viral infections. Dr. Lorenzo has led published studies on the evolution of HIV-1 and contributed greatly to the field of HIV-1 host-virus genetics. To perform his research, Dr. Lorenzo uses state-of-the-art sequencing technologies and complex data analysis. His research on the field of the HIV-1 cure has contributed to high-impact and groundbreaking translational studies, including a Nature publication that examines the mechanisms of viral persistence in tissues of participants on antiretroviral therapy. Dr. Lorenzo has stablished collaborations with some of the most prominent investigators in the HIV-1 field and is a faculty member of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR). Additionally, he is the Chair of Community in ECUSA and a member of the board and a founder member of the Midwest chapter.