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, 1967, with high distinction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MD, 1971, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Medical Center Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Intern, 1971-1972

University of Michigan Medical Center Hospitals, Junior Assistant Resident, 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

Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Michigan Medical School

Elected, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine

Named one of the Top 400 Highly Influential Biomedical Researchers worldwide,1996-2011

Publications

Thomas Parran Lifetime Achievement Award, American STD Association, 1997

Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Michigan Medical School, October 1999

John D. Enders Memoral Lectureship, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oct. 2001

Elected, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, October 2008 

Elected, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2012

Recipient, 2012 Cubist-ICAAC Award, American Society for Microbiology

Recipient, 2014 Alvin J. Thompson Award, Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

Recipient, 2022 Alexander Fleming Award, IDSA