Dr. Richard J. Whitley, M.D.

Overview

At a meeting held on July 30, 2008, the board of directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc. elected Richard J. Whitley, MD to the Board effective July 30, 2008. Dr. Whitley is Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also serves as the Loeb Scholar in Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Senior Scientist, Department of Gene Therapy; Senior Scientist, Cancer Research and Training Center; Associate Director for Clinical Studies, Center for AIDS Research; and Co-Director, Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness (CEIEP) for the institution. In addition to his academic appointments, since 1977, Dr. Whitley has held responsibility for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group, overseeing clinical trials of antiviral therapies directed against medically important viral diseases of children and adults. He is a past President of the International Society of Antiviral Research, chairs the Board of Scientific Councilors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is Vice President of the Board of the Infectious Disease Society of America. He has also been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.