Carlos del Rio

Carlos del Rio is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and Executive Associate Dean for Emory at Grady Memorial Hospital. He is also Professor of Global Health in the Department of Global Health and Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health as well as co-director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and co-principal investigator of the Emory-CDC HIV Clinical Trials Unit and the Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit.

del Rio has devoted research and writing to improving care for underserved populations in the US and developing countries. He is committed to translating research findings into practice and policy. His international work includes collaborations in Ethiopia, Georgia, Kenya, Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam. His research focuses on the early diagnosis, access to care, engagement in care, compliance with antiretrovirals and the prevention of HIV infection. del Rio has worked for over a decade with hard-to-reach populations including substance users to improve outcomes of those infected with HIV and to prevent infection with those at risk. del Rio's work helped developed the HIV Care Continuum, which has now extended to other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes.

del Rio is a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Antiviral Society-USA and Chair of the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board. He is Chief Section Editor for HIV/AIDS for NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases, Associate Editor for Clinical Infectious Diseases and member of the editorial board of Journal of AIDS and Global Public Health.