[1] Since 2016, Montaner has also served as the principal investigator of the NIH-funded BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Research Collaboratory, a research consortium that aims to find a cure for HIV through a combination of strategies targeting the viral reservoir.
[2][3] Originally from Puerto Rico, Montaner attended Kansas State University, where he received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1989.
[4][5] After completing his graduate studies, Montaner joined the faculty of The Wistar Institute as an assistant professor.
In 2012, his laboratory reported that the AIDS virus could be suppressed by boosting the immune system, thereby reducing patients' reliance on existing antiviral drugs.
[7] The AIDS service organization Philadelphia FIGHT partnered with Montaner’s lab at The Wistar Institute in 2014 on a clinical trial to use interferon to strengthen the immune system in patients infected with HIV-1.