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Renowned AIDS researcher Dr. Jay A. Levy, who in 1983 was one of the discoverers of the virus that causes AIDS, will speak on development of HIV drugs and vaccines, and how that work can help address the global AIDS crisis.

Levy is director of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at University of California, San Francisco. He will give two lectures during the second annual meeting of the Florida Center for AIDS Research at the University of Florida:

•10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28: "The Global Threat of HIV/AIDS: How Science Faces the Challenge." The lecture is part of the UF Distinguished Professor series and will be held in the Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy (HPNP) Conference Room — Room 1404, 101 S. Newell Drive, Gainesville.

•4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29: "Challenges of Developing an HIV Vaccine." Dr. Levy will be joined by Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, Florida-based scientific director of Oregon Health and Science University Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute.The seminar will be held in the auditorium of the UF Cancer and Genetics Research Complex, 1376 Mowry Road, Gainesville Levy has won wide acclaim and many awards for his work. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2008 was honored with the Gold Medal for Medical Research by Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is editor-in-chief of the journal AIDS, and has published nearly 500 scientific articles and 13 books, including the highly-referenced text "HIV and the Pathogenesis of AIDS."