William Hall (virologist)


William W. Hall is the chair of medical microbiology and professor emeritus at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases at University College Dublin.
He is one of the founders of the Global Virus Network, along with Robert Gallo and Reinhard Kurth, of the Robert Koch Institute.

Career

Hall earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Queen's University Belfast and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in New York.
He began his career as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University. Later he worked as the Senior Physician and Director of the Clinical Research Centre at the Rockefeller University in New York. He was the former president of International Retrovirology Association. He was a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team for the Irish Government. He is the former Director of National Virus Reference Laboratory and also serves as Distinguished Professor, Global Station for Zoonosis Control, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University in Japan.

Research

He is known for his research in human retroviruses and the roles of viruses in the development of leukaemia and lymphoma.
His research was instrumental in the Molecular Characterization and identifying the genetic heterogeneity of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II. His work proceeded onto animal models of viral diseases and molecular pathogenesis.

Personal life

He is a photography enthusiast.

Awards