University of Washington
Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Harborview Medical Center

Robert Harrington received his medical degree from Tufts University in 1983.  He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Chicago in 1986 and then an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Washington.  He joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut from 1994 to 1996 before returning to the University of Washington.  He is currently professor of medicine at the University of Washington, associate infectious diseases section chief and medical director of the Harborview Medical Center Madison HIV clinic.  His interests are in general infectious diseases, clinical HIV and the development of laboratory assays of HIV infectivity.  He’s published over 50 manuscripts and book chapters on HIV and infectious diseases.