Biography

Sunil Suhas Solomon, MBBS PhD MPH is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA. He serves as the Vice-Chair for Research for the Department of Medicine and co-directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases in India. He completed his medical training at the Sri Ramachandra Medical University in Chennai, India and received a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a doctorate in Epidemiology (PhD) from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Dr. Solomon has been elected into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society for academic excellence and the Delta Omega Public Health honors society.

His research is primarily focused on the epidemiology, clinical management and access to services for HIV and viral hepatitis among vulnerable populations. He served as the Protocol Chair of ACTG A5360 (MINMON) a ground-breaking global trial on the simplification of HCV treatment delivery, and currently serves as the Protocol Chair of HPTN 103/PURPOSE-4, the first trial of long acting antiretrovirals for PrEP among people who inject drugs that is being implemented across 9 US cities. He was also awarded US $50 million PEPFAR/USAID to provide technical assistance to the National AIDS Program in India. He is also one of the only recipients of both the NIH Directors New Innovator Award (DP2) and the Pioneer Award (DP1), the Avenir and the Avant-Garde awards, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.