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Carl W. Dieffenbach

Carl W. Dieffenbach PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Physiology and Biophysics
Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., serves as Director of the Division of AIDS (DAIDS). Dr. Dieffenbach oversees a global HIV/AIDS research portfolio of more than $1 billion and a staff of more than 150 federal employees.

Dr. Dieffenbach received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Maryland in 1976 and his Ph.D. in biophysics from The John Hopkins University in 1983. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) department of pathology in 1984 and was promoted to assistant professor. While at USUHS, he ran a highly productive research program, pioneering uses of polymerase chain reaction in understanding mechanisms of cytokine gene expression and cloning the cellular receptor for the murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus.
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