Douglas Daniel Richman

Background

Richman, Douglas Daniel was born on February 15, 1943 in New York City. Son of Daniel Powell and Louise Kohnstamm Richman.

Education

AB cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1965. Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1970.

Career

Richman has worked primarily in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus field over the past twenty years, with major contributions in the areas of resistance and pathogenicity. Richman received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Stanford University in 1970. After holding positions at the United States. Public Health Service, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Harvard Medical School, he joined the University of California, San Diego (University of California, San Diego) in 1976, becoming Professor of Pathology and Medicine (1988) as well as Company-Director (1994) and later Director (2000) of the Center for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome As of 2007, he additionally holds the Florence Seeley Riford Chair in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome there.

He has also held positions at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health System since 1976, including Director from 1988 to 2007.

As of 2007, he holds the position of staff physician. Richman"s early research was on influenza virus, herpesviruses and hemorrhagic fever viruses, before focusing on Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the 1980s.

His wide-ranging research in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus field has encompassed resistance, viral pathogenicity and host immune responses. He was one of the group of researchers who first demonstrated Human Immunodeficiency Virus drug resistance in 1989, and in 1997, his laboratory was also among the first to demonstrate Human Immunodeficiency Virus latency.

As of 2007, his Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research focuses on the natural history and molecular pathogenesis of acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection, particularly the immune responses to the virus, and viral evolution to evade the immune system.

Awards include the Howard M.

Achievements

• Douglas Daniel Richman has been listed as a noteworthy Medical virologist, educator, internist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, We. Association Physicians, American Association Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America. Member: American Clinical and Climatologic Association, VA Society for Physicians in Infectious Diseases, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, International Society Antiviral Research, American Society for Virology, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Microbiology.

Connections

Married Eva Acquino, June 21, 1965. Children: Sara, Matthew.

Father:

Daniel Powell Richman

Mother:

Louise Kohnstamm Richman

Spouse:

Eva Acquino

child:

Matthew Richman

child:

Sara Richman