Betsy C. Herold, MD

Dr. Betsy Herold received a B.A. from Brown and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and did her residency and postdoctoral training at Northwestern University. After serving as the division chief of pediatric infections at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, she joined the faculty at Einstein. She is professor of pediatrics, of microbiology-immunology and of obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health, and is also. the chief of the division of pediatric infectious disease, and serves as vice chair for research development in the department of pediatrics.

She has received numerous awards, including the Henry and Jacob Lowenberg Prize in Pediatrics from the University of Pennsylvania (1982); the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Young Investigator Award (1995); the IDSA/Burroughs Welcome Young Investigator Award in Virology (1995); and theUniversity of Chicago Department of Pediatrics’ Outstanding Teacher Award (1996). Dr. Herold is afellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America.

Her research focuses on developing safe and effective microbicides for the prevention of HIV, genital herpes and other sexually transmitted infections. She serves as the chair of the BioSciences Working Group of the Microbicide Trial Network, and provides input into protocol development and the development of ancillary studies to further understand the efficacy and safety of microbicides. Her expertise and experience include studies on viral (HIV and HSV-2) entry, genital tract mucosal immunity and the conduct of extended Phase I safety studies.