Gérard Orth was born on February 7, 1936 in Paris is a French virologist, emeritus research director at the CNRS, honorary professor at the Pasteur Institute.
Gérard Orth has devoted his research to the study of the role of viruses in the genesis of human cancers.
His research has focused on papillomaviruses and their association with benign tumours and skin and cervical cancers.