Serena S. Spudich

Serena is Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology, Chief, Division of Neurological Infections and Global Neurology, and Co-Director, Center for Brain and Mind Health at Yale Univerity.  Her clinical and translational research explores effects of HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infection in the nervous system, focusing on effects of acute infection, antiviral and immune treatments, and interventional strategies on viral pathogenesis and persistence in the central nervous system. She collaborates with investigators from multiple disciplines in studies in the United States and in international settings, especially in Bangkok, Thailand, exploring questions of inflammation, injury, and viral reservoirs within the central nervous system.  She has been active in the International AIDS Clinical Trials Group, co-leads the International NeuroHIV Cure Consortium, serves on the US DHHS Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Committee, CROI Program Committee, and currently serves as the Steering Committee Co-Chair for the NIH RECOVER study on long COVID. She also is a neurology physician who cares for patients with viral infections and neurological disorders in clinics at Yale.