HIV Vaccines and Cure: The Path Towards Finding an Effective Cure and Vaccine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811304835)

Dr. Linqi Zhang is a professor of Department of Basic Medical Sciences, and the director of Comprehensive AIDS Research Center, Tsinghua University. He is also an adjunct professor of Peking Union Medical College, China. Prof. Zhang was the Chief Scientist for the National Key Basic Research Projects of China "HIV Biology and its Immune Responses". His research focuses on pathogenesis of HIV-1 and vaccine development against HIV-1. He has published more than 100 research articles on international journals in this field.

Dr. Sharon Lewin is a professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and the inaugural director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, a joint venture of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is a consultant physician at the Alfred Hospital and a practitioner fellow funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Prof. Lewin's research focuses on understanding how HIV persists on antiretroviral therapy, developing early clinical trials to achieve a cure for HIV and understanding how HIV interacts with other viruses such as hepatitis B virus. She has published more than 250 research articles in these fields.