Interview with Konnie Knox, the scientist who should receive a Nobel Prize for her work on HHV-6
Interview with Konnie Knox, the scientist who should receive a Nobel Prize for her work on HHV-6
Dr. Konstance Knox, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Knox was a co-founder of Wisconsin Viral Research Group and Viracor, infectious disease diagnostic laboratories specializing in the diagnosis of viral infections in patients with compromised systems including patients with HIV/AIDS and bone marrow/stem cell transplant and solid organ transplant recipients. Dr. Knox earned her PhD in experimental pathology from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed her post-doctoral training in translational medicine in the Immunotherapy/Gene Therapy Division of the Cancer Program at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Knox's research interests have focused on the role of persistent viral and prion infections in chronic diseases of animals and humans, especially as they relate to diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). She served as a Special Scientific Reviewer for the Department of Defense National Prion Research Program, and for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Knox is the author and co-author on 41 peer reviewed scientific publications. Currently she serves on the Scientific Advisory Board on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, and is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Simmaron Research Foundation, Incline Village, Nevada.
Dr. Konstance Knox, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Knox was a co-founder of Wisconsin Viral Research Group and Viracor, infectious disease diagnostic laboratories specializing in the diagnosis of viral infections in patients with compromised systems including patients with HIV/AIDS and bone marrow/stem cell transplant and solid organ transplant recipients. Dr. Knox earned her PhD in experimental pathology from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed her post-doctoral training in translational medicine in the Immunotherapy/Gene Therapy Division of the Cancer Program at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Knox's research interests have focused on the role of persistent viral and prion infections in chronic diseases of animals and humans, especially as they relate to diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). She served as a Special Scientific Reviewer for the Department of Defense National Prion Research Program, and for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Knox is the author and co-author on 41 peer reviewed scientific publications. Currently she serves on the Scientific Advisory Board on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, and is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Simmaron Research Foundation, Incline Village, Nevada.