Experts
Seth Berkley
President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
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Seth Berkley's Advice for the Young
Fix the healthcare system, first, then enact community change. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Seth Berkley On Agents of Change
A billion dollars goes to AIDS research annually, and that's just scratching the surface. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Seth Berkley On The Future of AIDS
We are still far away from a perfect vaccine. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Go into a community and get a group engaged. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Seth Berkley's Stories From the Field
Berkley says the level of engagement on the ground and the quality of work has been validated and accredited. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Seth Berkley On AIDS and Public Understanding
Berkley says the critical issue is forming really strong partnerships with those you're working with. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Seth Berkley On Animal Testing
The only way we're ever going to be able to create a vaccine or even create better drugs is to test it in humans. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Seth Berkley On The Politics of AIDS
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has helped expand AIDS treatment and prevention services in a number of developing countries and there is even more that can be done. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Seth Berkley On The New AIDS Paradigm
A critical component of a response to AIDS should include female-controlled prevention tools that women would be able to use with or without their partners' knowledge. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Seth Berkley On The Economics of AIDS
Pharmaceutical companies over the last couple of decades have been looking for blockbusters instead of incremental improvements. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Seth Berkley On AIDS in Africa
Seth Berkley ponders why the disease spreads faster in certain areas. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In World
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Seth Berkley On The Science of AIDS
We've got good examples in animal models and from humans that protection is possible, says Berkley. The challenge now is to get robust protection in people in a way that can be used throughout the world. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Some today view AIDS only as a chronic disease. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
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Serth Berkley On The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
The mission of the IAVI is to try to accelerate the development of an AIDS vaccine for use throughout the world. Read More
July 14, 2008 | In Health & Medicine
Seth Berkley, President and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, is a medical doctor specializing in infectious disease epidemiology and international health. The author of over 85 publications, the opening line of one of his articles encapsulates his life's work: "History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly...the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond, to the epidemic."Prior to founding IAVI in 1996, Dr. Berkley was the Associate Director of the Health Sciences Division at The Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Berkley is also an adjunct Professor of Public Health at Columbia University and an adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University and trained in Internal Medicine at Harvard University. He has worked for the Center for Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and for the Carter Center, where he was assigned as an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health in Uganda. He sits on a number of international steering committees and corporate and not-for-profit boards and has consulted or worked in over 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.He is also an opinion leader, speaking frequently on health technology, development, AIDS and international health. In his words, "It is long past due to add HIV/AIDS to the list" of eradicated diseases.
Prior to founding IAVI in 1996, Dr. Berkley was the Associate Director of the Health Sciences Division at The Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Berkley is also an adjunct Professor of Public Health at Columbia University and an adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University and trained in Internal Medicine at Harvard University. He has worked for the Center for Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and for the Carter Center, where he was assigned as an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health in Uganda. He sits on a number of international steering committees and corporate and not-for-profit boards and has consulted or worked in over 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
He is also an opinion leader, speaking frequently on health technology, development, AIDS and international health. In his words, "It is long past due to add HIV/AIDS to the list" of eradicated diseases.
