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Biographical Sketch

Merlin Robb, M.D.

Dr. Merlin Robb has served as the HJF HIV Program Director for the U.S. Military HIV Research Program since 2002. From 1994 to 2002 he served the MHRP in a leadership role in the Department of Vaccine Development, MHRP, Division of Retrovirology/WRAIR. Dr. Robb is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Army Medical Corps. He is a board certified pediatric infectious disease specialist with research experience in molecular biology, neutralizing antibody assay development, perinatal and pediatric HIV research, HIV correlates of protection research, HIV immuno-therapeutic trials, the design and conduct of Phase I and II clinical trials and the strategic planning and organization of full vaccine development programs for East Africa. Dr. Robb was instrumental in developing MHRP’s vaccine development efforts in East Africa.

Dr. Robb serves as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Md., and Infectious Disease Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, USUHS and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. He has served on and chaired numerous competitive peer review committees for NIAID and NICHD. Currently, he is the Data and Safety Monitoring Board Chair for PENPACT and serves as a member of the NIAID Therapeutics Data and Safety Monitoring Board. Dr. Robb is an advisor to the HIV vaccine development program at Wyeth-Lederle.

Dr. Robb completed his internship and residency from 1981–1984 at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash., and was a Fellow in Pediatrics Infectious Diseases at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. from 1988–1990. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine with M.D. degree in 1981.

As Director of the HJF HIV Research Program, Dr. Robb serves as the HJF’s primary representative to USAMRC’s and NIAID’s senior management, operating and scientific staff.