Dr. Louis J. Picker is the Associate Director of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, a Senior Scientist in the Pathobiology and Immunology Division of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and a Professor of Pathology at the Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Picker’s lab is focused on the elucidation of memory T cell physiology in non-human primates, including mechanisms of T cell-mediated protection against persistent pathogens, immunopathogenesis of AIDS-causing lentiviruses and M. tuberculosis, development interventions for HIV cure, and development of effective HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis vaccines.