William Hall

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.(Biochemistry) and Ph.D. (Biochemistry/ Virology) from Queen's University Belfast and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in New York. He was the former president of International Retrovirology Association. He was Professor of Medical Microbiology at University College Dublin.

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 (NVRL).

Research He is known for his research in human retroviruses and the roles of viruses in the development of leukaemia and lymphoma. His work proceeded onto animal models of viral diseases and molecular pathogenesis.

Awards The GVN Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership