Leslie Marshall, Ph.D. (she/her) is a Senior Science Advisor in the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) overseeing a portfolio including women’s health, neuroHIV, microbicides and nonvaccine biomedical prevention (nBP). Dr. Marshall received her undergraduate degree in biology from Susquehanna University and her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Wake Forest University. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, she worked at Merck Research Laboratories developing analytical methods for their vaccine program.
Following a research fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke studying JC virus pathogenesis, Dr. Marshall joined the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases where she served as a level III Contracting Officer’s Representative administering contracts focused on preclinical support for nBP product development. In this role, she served as a liaison to academic and industry partners developing strategic approaches to meet FDA requirements for advancement of topical microbicides and nBP products to clinical testing.
