Mirko Paiardini, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University’s School of Medicine and a Scientist in the Division of Microbiology and Immunology at the Emory National Primate Research Center. He is also serving as co-Director of Emory’s Center for AIDS Research “Next Generation Therapeutics” scientific working group. Utilizing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected nonhuman primates to model viral pathology seen in humans living with HIV, Dr. Paiardini’s research program is focused on characterizing mechanisms of inflammation and viral persistence amid long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) and harnessing immune-based strategies to facilitate viral remission in the absence of ART. Dr. Paiardini has authored more than 130 research peer-reviewed publications with >10,000 citations, and has been invited for numerous lectureships at academic institutions and immunology conferences. He currently serves as principal investigator of the Martin Delaney Collaboratory for HIV Cure Research “ERASE-HIV” and is the recipient of awards from the Pitts Foundation and FastGrants for COVID-19 research. Dr. Paiardini currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Virology and as Associate Editor for Pathogens and Immunity. Finally, he serves on numerous study sessions for the NIH, National Science Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
