Joseph G. Sodroski, B.S. M.D. received his MD in 1980 from Jefferson Medical College, followed by a research fellowship in Dr. William Haseltine's laboratory at DFCI. In 1984 he joined the faculty of Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Harvard Medical School.

His research focuses on the replication and pathogenesis of HIV, and the innate and adaptive host immune response to retrovirus infections.

Currently he is Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School Of Public Health; and Associate Director, Harvard Medical School Center for AIDS Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.