John W. Mellors, MD, is a distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases and the Chair for Global Elimination of HIV and AIDS at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Executive Director of the HIV Program at UPMC Health System. His areas of research interest are mechanisms of HIV-1 drug resistance, antiretrovirals to prevent HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 infection, persistent reservoirs of HIV-1, and innovative approaches to cure SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 infection.

Dr. Mellors received his BA from Dartmouth College, his MD from Dartmouth Medical School and completed his post-doctoral training at Yale University.