David Ho

Dr. Ho is the founding Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute.

Dr. Ho received his degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School. He did his clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at UCLA School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, respectively.

Dr. Ho has been actively engaged in AIDS research for 20 years, and has published over 250 papers on the subject. He is perhaps most recognized for the elucidation of the dynamic nature of HIV replication in infected persons. This basic understanding led Dr. Ho and his co-workers to champion combination antiretroviral therapy, which has resulted in dramatic reductions in AIDS-associated mortality. Dr. Ho continues to pursue therapeutic studies that attempt to eradicate HIV, and his research team is now devoting considerable efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of the AIDS epidemic.

Dr. Ho currently serves on the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology.

Dr. Ho was named Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1996, and was the recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001.