Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.


Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., a renowned virologist and immunologist, currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer of OPKO and President/CEO of ModeX Therapeutics that merged as a subsidiary of OPKO Health in May 2022. Before this, Dr. Nabel served as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at Sanofi, where he oversaw the Breakthrough Laboratory that worked to create the first trispecific antibodies for HIV, cancer immunotherapies, and novel vaccines. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Nabel spearheaded progressive research on HIV, influenza, SARS, Ebola, Chikungunya, and Epstein-Barr virus while he served as founding director at the NIH’s Vaccine Center for more than a decade. His honors include being elected to the Institute of Medicine for the National Academy of Science and the Amgen Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, following his countless accomplishments across virology, immunology, gene therapy, and molecular biology.