Peter Piot
Independent Director
Microbiology
Bio cartis
Switzerland
Biography
Peter Piot is an independent director of Biocartis. He is also Director at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 until 2008, and was an Associate Director of the Global Programme on AIDS of the WHO. Under his leadership, UNAIDS became the chief advocate for worldwide action against AIDS, also spear heading UN reform by bringing together 10 UN systems organizations. In 1976 he co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaïre. Mr. Piot also led research on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and women’s health and has held positions as professor of microbiology and of public health at various institutions. Mr. Piot has received numerous scientific and civil awards and has published over 550 scientific articles and 16 books. He holds amongst others an M.D. from the University of Ghent, Belgium, a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium.
Research Interest
HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and women’s health
