Ahead of the News 2021 Series

COVID-19: the year ahead, A Discussion with Dr. Joseph Eron, MD '84

  Join us Tuesday, April 6th at 7pm for an online discussion with Dr. Joseph Eron, MD '84, Professor and Chief for the Division of Infectious Disease, UNC, Chapel Hill.

   
Please join us for an insightful update and discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic with Professor Joseph Eron, MD '84.  Dr. Eron will discuss the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic including news on vaccines, therapeutics, and the year ahead. 

Dr. Eron is an internationally recognized researcher, teacher, and clinician at UNC Medical Center’s Infectious Diseases Clinic. Eron also serves as director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Clinical Core. He was named Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases in 2019 and is an Oliver Smithies Investigator.  Dr. Eron attended Harvard Medical School, followed by a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases, also at Harvard. He has received many accolades throughout his career, including UNC’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005. He was awarded the HIV Medicine Association’s HIV Clinical Educator Award in 2013. In 2016, the North Carolina Community AIDS Fund presented Eron with its Red Ribbon Award for Outstanding Achievement, marking the 20th anniversary of his discovery of combination therapy for the treatment of HIV.