Society & Culture
Michael Gottlieb: The doctor who discovered AIDS
School of Medicine and Dentistry-trained physician Michael Gottlieb launched a new chapter in medical history with his discovery of AIDS in the spring of 1981.
Science & Technology
December 1 is World AIDS Day
Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD), examines AIDS awareness posters that are part of the AIDS Education Posters Collection, a collection of more than 6,500 AIDS education posters from around the world. Gottlieb, a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was the first to identify the disease that would come to be known as AIDS.