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Dr. Mario Stevenson is currently Professor in the Department of Medicine, Director of the University of Miami AIDS Institute, Director of the Global Virus Network at the University of Miami and Co-Director of the Center for AIDS Research. Prior to 2011, Dr. Stevenson was the David Freelander Chair for AIDS Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Director of the Center for AIDS research at that Institution. Dr. Stevenson obtained his BSc. (1980) and PhD (1984) in Glasgow, Scotland. Dr. Stevenson is a molecular virologist who has been working on the viral etiology of AIDS for over 30 years. Dr. Stevenson’s has provided insight into the mechanisms regulating HIV replication, persistence and disease pathogenesis. Dr. Stevenson has served as Chair of the HIV AIDS Virology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National AIDS Conference (CROI), and has served on the NIH Office of AIDS Research that sets AIDS research directives. From 2006-2015, he served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and a scientific board member of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Dr. Stevenson is a recipient of Harvard Medical School’s Shipley Lectureship, recipient of the Gertrude Elion award, Schally Research Award and Barcelona’s IRSI-Caixa award.