Biography

Dr. Steven Reynolds is a Senior Clinician and Chief of the International HIV/STD Research Section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health. He is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. He has worked on several research collaborations in Uganda since joining NIAID in 2003 and currently oversees clinical and laboratory research activities for the NIAID International Centers for Excellence in Research Program. Dr. Reynolds received his medical degree from McGill University in 1994 and completed fellowships in Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in 2000. He received his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in 2002. In addition to providing Scientific Direction to the ICER program in Uganda, he continues to provide HIV care and treatment at both Rakai Health Sciences Program and at the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala. He has published over 250 peer reviewed papers and his research has focused on the impact of the current antiretroviral role out on both rural and urban populations in Uganda highlighting the importance of Viral Load Monitoring and the impact of delays in switching on HIV drug resistance.