Lawrence
Corey
MD
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bio
Larry Corey, MD is a professor in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division and the former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He is also a professor in Medicine and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology at the University of Washington. Dr. Corey’s scientific focus is on medical virology and vaccine development. His research focuses on herpes viruses, HIV, COVID-19, and other viral infections, including those associated with cancer. He is the founder and principal investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, or HVTN, which conducts studies of HIV vaccines at over 80 clinical trials sites in 16 countries on five continents. Under his leadership, the HVTN has become the model for global, collaborative research. Dr. Corey is also the principal investigator of the Fred Hutch-based operations center of the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) and co-leads the Network’s COVID-19 vaccine testing pipeline, which designed and coordinated the large US government portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines and monoclonal antibody trials. Dr. Corey is a member of the US National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was the recipient of the Parran Award for his work in HSV-2, the American Society of Microbiology Cubist Award for his work on antivirals, and the University of Michigan Medical School Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is one of the most highly cited biomedical researchers in the last 20 years and is the author, coauthor or editor of over 1000 scientific publications.
research interests
- HIV
- COVID-19 and HSV vaccine development
- Herpesvirus immunology
- HIV CAR T-cell therapy
Clinical Interests
- Infectious Disease
education & training
BS with high distinction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1967)
MD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI (1971)
Intern, University of Michigan Medical Center Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI (1971-1972)
Junior Assistant Resident, University of Michigan Medical Center Hospitals (1972-73)
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Respiratory and Special Pathogens Branch, Viral Diseases Division
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia (1973-75)
Senior Fellow, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1975-77)
honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Thomas Parran Lifetime Achievement Award, American STD Association (1997)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Michigan Medical School (1999)
Elected, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine
Top 400 Highly Influential Biomedical Researchers Worldwide (1996-2011)
Thomas Parran Lifetime Achievement Award, American STD Association (1997)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Michigan Medical School (Oct. 1999)
John D. Enders Memorial Lectureship, Infectious Diseases Society of America (Oct. 2001)
Elected, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences ( Oct. 2008)
Elected, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (April 2012)
Cubist-ICAAC Award Recipient, American Society for Microbiology (2012)
Alvin J. Thompson Award Recipient, Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (2014)
Alexander Fleming Award Recipient, IDSA (2022)