Medicine Development Lead, Paediatric HIV
ViiV
Dr Lionel TAN is physician-scientist who is currently the Medicine Development Lead for Paediatric HIV at ViiV Healthcare with oversight over the paediatric R&D portfolio. Lionel joined ViiV Healthcare in 2020 from GSK where he had led adult and paediatric clinical programmes in Global Health (malaria and visceral leishmaniasis) and in Infectious Diseases (anti-bacterials). He co-chairs the Medicine for Children Advisory Network within GSK and the ViiV Paediatric Advisory Group within ViiV Healthcare. He is also the GSK representative on the network committee and project steering committee of Conect4children (c4c), an Innovative Medicine Initiative project aimed at establishing a paediatric clinical trial network in Europe.
Prior to joining GSK in 2016, Lionel was a Senior Clinical Research Fellow and a Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at Imperial College London with a specific interest in bacterial infections. He did his undergraduate medical training at the University of Cambridge and Barts and the Royal London Hospital Medical School and has a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He has a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection at Imperial College London for his work on meningococcal vaccines and the complement system. He did his specialist training in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine in London and worked for a year as a Lecturer in Medicine in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital in Uganda. Lionel is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and is currently based in London, UK.
Disclosure(s): ViiV/GSK: Employment (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)
Wheel of (Mis)Fortune: Global Partnerships to Tackle Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Friday, March 29, 2024
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM MDT