Background
Wertz, Gail Williams Daughter of Henry Clay and Elsie Lunsford Williams.
Wertz, Gail Williams Daughter of Henry Clay and Elsie Lunsford Williams.
Bachelor of Science, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1970.
Professor University North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1973—1987. Professor, microbiology University Alabama Birmingham Medical School, 1987—2005. Professor, pathology and microbiology University Virginia, Charlottesville, since 2005.
Consultant World Health Organization ARVD, Geneva, 1984—1992. Editorial board J. Virol Virus Research, 1984—2006. Science advisory board Centers Disease Control, Atlanta, 2003—2006.
Advisory council National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2003—2007.
Fellow: American Academy Microbiology. Member: Society General Microbiology, American Society Virology (president 1995-1996), American Society Microbiology (divisional group representative 1989-1991, editorial board, Journal Virology 1986—2007).
Married Laurence Andrew Ball, May 1987. Children: Jennifer Ball Truitt, Katy Ball Lemuz.