Baltimore’s Dr. Robert Gallo oversees more than the Institute of Human Virology.

As the world’s foremost thinker in the field of AIDS/HIV research, Gallo has organized an annual retreat for 10 years, drawing infectious-disease researchers from around the world to Baltimore to share ideas, information and strategies on fighting some of the world’s nastiest viruses.

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