MHRP Collaborator
Director, Vaccine Research Program
Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH
Dr. Mary Marovich joined the Division of AIDS in 2012 as director of the Vaccine Research Program, where she leads the development and coordination of clinical and preclinical research on HIV vaccines. She came to NIH from the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), where she served as chief of vaccine research and development since 2005. Additionally, Mary worked as the clinic director for MHRP’s Rockville Vaccine Assessment Center, where she led multiple early-stage HIV and non-HIV vaccine clinical trials.
She earned bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and chemistry at Illinois State University and a medical degree at Loyola University of Chicago-Maywood. In 1993, she completed a residency in internal medicine and clinical infectious diseases training at the University of Colorado and earned a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Mary was in the NIAID intramural research program studying immunology for her fellowship training from 1995-1999. She then went to the MHRP to launch a translational program in HIV vaccine development form 1999-2012. An adjunct professor of medicine with the Uniformed Services University’s department of medicine, Dr. Marovich has won several honors for academic and teaching excellence.