Merlin Robb, MD

I have had over 30 years of experience in HIV prevention research and care/treatment activities and over 20 years of research regarding emerging infectious disease threats. My interests include HIV transmission and pathogenesis research, perinatal and pediatric HIV care, acute HIV infection and immune based interventions to mitigate HIV acquisition and disease. I have developed cohorts for evaluation of HIV vaccines and definition of key pathogenic events in early acute infection. In collaboration with other investigators, I am developing interventions to be applied in the setting of acute infection or with patients who began HAART early in acute infection where the reservoir and viral diversity are more restricted and both the likelihood of success and learning key targets of intervention are optimal. I worked within the vaccine development group of “Operation Warp Speed” actively participating in study design and analysis of multiple vaccine development programs.