Serena is Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology and Chief, Division of Neurological Infections and Global Neurology at Yale University. Her clinical and translational research explores effects of HIV and other viral infections in the nervous system, focusing on effects of acute infection, antiviral and immune treatments, and cure strategies on viral pathogenesis and persistence in the central nervous system (CNS). She collaborates with colleagues of multiple disciplines in studies in the United States and in international settings, exploring questions of inflammation, injury, and viral reservoirs within the central nervous system. She has been active in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Neurology and HIV Reservoirs and Eradication committees, co-leads the International NeuroHIV Cure Consortium, serves on the US DHHS Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Committee, CROI Program Committee, and leads multidisciplinary projects addressing the pathobiology of HIV and SARS-CoV-2 in the CNS. She also is a neurology physician who cares for patients with viral infections and neurological disorders in clinics at Yale.
