William Hall (virologist)

William W. Hall is the chair of medical microbiology and professor emeritus at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases at University College Dublin.

He is one of the founders of the Global Virus Network, along with Robert Gallo and Reinhard Kurth, of the Robert Koch Institute.[1]

Career

Hall earned his B.Sc.(Biochemistry) and Ph.D. (Biochemistry/ Virology) from Queen's University Belfast and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in New York.[2]

He began his career as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University. Later he worked as the Senior Physician and Director of the Clinical Research Centre at the Rockefeller University in New York.[2] He was the former president of International Retrovirology Association.[3] He was Professor of Medical Microbiology at University College Dublin.[4]

He was a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team for the Irish Government.[5] He is the former Director of National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL).[6]

Research

He is known for his research in human retroviruses and the roles of viruses in the development of leukaemia and lymphoma.[2][3]

His research was instrumental in the Molecular Characterization and identifying the genetic heterogeneity of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II.[7][8] His work proceeded onto animal models of viral diseases and molecular pathogenesis.[3]

Personal life

He is a photography enthusiast.[9]

Awards
  • The GVN Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership [10]

References
  1. "About – GVN". gvn.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "William W. "Billy" Hall | Atlantic Philanthropies". The Atlantic Philanthropies. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. "Prof. William Hall". HSTalks. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. https://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/about/bios/william-w-billy-hall
  5. "Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases". UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. Baxter, Johnny (20 February 2017). "President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins visits UCD infectious disease facility in Cuba". University College Dublin. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. Murphy, Jane; Hall, William W.; Ratner, Lee; Sheehy, Noreen (July 2016). "Novel interactions between the HTLV antisense proteins HBZ and APH-2 and the NFAR protein family: Implications for the HTLV lifecycles". Virology. 494: 129–142. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2016.04.012. ISSN 0042-6822. PMC 4924524. PMID 27110706.
  8. Hall, William W. (April 1999). "Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type Ii (HTLV-Ii): Molecular Properties and Clinical and Immunological Features of Infection". Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 20 (4): A7. doi:10.1097/00042560-199904010-00021. ISSN 1077-9450.
  9. Chandran, Cynthia (10 February 2019). "Afforestation brought new virus in Kerala". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  10. "WORLD EXPERTS IN VIROLOGY ALERT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION ARE AN ADDED PROBLEM IN VIRAL DISEASE TRANSMISSION – GVN". gvn.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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