Education
As an undergraduate Redfield attended Georgetown University, obtaining a Bachelor of Surgery from the university"s College of Arts and Sciences in 1973.
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Doctor Redfield is known for his pioneering contributions in clinical research, and in particular for his extensive research into the virology and therapeutic treatments of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. During the 1980s in the early years of investigation into the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome pandemic Redfield led the research that was the first to conclusively demonstrate that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus retrovirus could be heterosexually transmitted. He also developed the staging system now in use worldwide for the clinical assessment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. Redfield"s parents were both scientists at the National Institutes of Health, and Redfield"s career in medical research was influenced by this background.
At college Redfield gained experience working in laboratories at Columbia University where the involvement of retroviruses in human disease was investigated.
He then attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, and was awarded his Doctor of Medicine in 1977. Redfield"s medical residency was undertaken at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, District of Columbia, where he completed his postgraduate medical training and internships in internal medicine (1978–1980).
By 1982 at WRAMC Redfield had completed clinical and research fellowships in infectious diseases and tropical medicine. Redfield continued as a United States. Army physician and medical researcher at the WRAMC for the next decade, working in the fields of virology, immunology and clinical research.
During this period he collaborated with numerous teams at the forefront of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research, publishing several key papers and was a strong and innovative advocate for strategies to translate knowledge gained from clinical studies to the practical treatment of patients afflicted by chronic viral diseases.
Redfield retired from WRAMC in 1995, to concentrate on setting up a multidisciplinary research organization dedicated to developing research and treatment programs for chronic human viral infection and disease. Controversy
In 1993, Redfield was the subject of a United States. Army investigation into allegations that he had intentionally overstated the results of a therapeutic Human Immunodeficiency Virus vaccine undergoing clinical trials. The Army cleared Redfield of these charges, but did chastise him for an excessively close relationship with the conservative non-governmental group "Americans for a Sound Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Policy".
