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Abbott Viral Surveillance Program & Discovery of a New HIV Strain

Publication Date: 19 April 2022

Continuing Education Units: 0.5 hours

Lecture Description

In this lecture, Dr. Mary Rodgers will present on various HIV biomarkers, review the challenges associated with HIV viral diversity, review the global distribution of HIV viral diversity, and provide an overview of the Abbott Viral Surveillance Program and how it supported the discovery of HIV subtype L.

Course Objectives
  • Overview of various HIV biomarkers  
  • Review the challenges associated with HIV viral diversity
  • Review the global distribution of HIV viral diversity
  • Introduction to the Abbott viral surveillance program and how it supported the discovery of HIV subtype L

Run Time: 28:44

Lecture Instructor Bio(s)

Mary Rodgers, PhD

Research Scientist
Infectious Disease Research, Global Surveillance Program
Abbott Park, Illinois, United States of America

Mary received her PhD in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California. Mary joined Abbott in 2014 and has since added three new pathogens (HCV, HDV, SARS-CoV-2) to the Surveillance Program, published 23 research papers, and was named one of Business Insider’s 30 under 40 Young Leaders in Biotech in 2017.