Prof. Erle S. Robertson is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and program director of the Abramson Cancer Centre’s Tumor Virology Program. He received his B.S. in microbiology from Howard University and a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular genetics from Wayne University. He completed his post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School. He moved to the University of Michigan Medical School as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School before moving to the University of Pennsylvania. His laboratory is active, with many successful trainees who are independent faculty members at academic institutions worldwide. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, books, chapters, and reviews. The focus of his laboratory is on oncogenesis mediated by viruses.