Diana Finzi, Ph.D.

Diana Finzi, Ph.D. (Acting)
December 2023-October 2024

Diana Finzi, Ph.D., served as Acting Associate Director of AIDS Research and Acting Director of OAR from December 2023 to October 2024. She led OAR in coordinating the NIH HIV research program to end the HIV pandemic and improve the health of people with HIV.

Click on the following links to see commentary from Dr. Finzi on the importance of investments in basic science, centering women’s health across HIV research, and recent research highlights.

Dr. Finzi joined OAR from her position as Director of the Basic Sciences Program (BSP) in the Division of AIDS the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a role that she maintained during her time as Acting Director of OAR. In this role, Dr. Finzi oversees an extensive global HIV/AIDS research portfolio with grants and contracts in structural biology, basic science, pathogenesis, targeted interventions, cure, and epidemiology.

Dr. Finzi is known for her contributions in identifying the role of latency in the persistence of HIV in treated individuals. Over the past decade, her program has focused on expanding funding of research toward HIV cure. The BSP also has played a leading role in guiding NIH research toward the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, a 10-year plan to reduce new HIV infections in the United States.

Dr. Finzi earned a Ph.D. in immunology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an M.P.H. from the Yale School of Public Health.