Viviana Simon, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Simon is the Principal Investigator of the Simon Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) in New York City, USA. She co-directs the Mount Sinai Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness (C-VaRPP). Professor Simon is an international leader in virology and infectious diseases. She is an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and serves as an Editor for the Journal of Virology.
Professor Simon’s research provides novel solutions to infectious diseases with high public health concern by bridging basic research and translational medicine. Her work has shaped our understanding of HIV persistence, virus-host interactions and immune responses to viral infections. Her group has been at the forefront of SARS-CoV-2 research since the very beginning of the pandemic when NYC emerged as an early epicenter. Her multidisciplinary team has provided and continues to provide much needed knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 immunity in the context of evolving viral diversity.