John Tavis
ICE-HBV IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR (Jan 1, 2025)
Saint-Louis, USA
John Tavis, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular Virology at Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. He has studied the HBV replication mechanism and the biochemistry of the viral reverse transcriptase since 1992. He serves as the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council for the annual International Hepatitis B Viruses Meeting and as a scientific advisor to the Hepatitis B Foundation and the EVEREST Comprehensive Liver Center in Lyon, France. His current work focuses on developing novel drugs to suppress HBV replication that target the essential viral ribonuclease H enzyme.