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Center for Vaccine Development Team

Leadership
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Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Adorjan Endowed Chair of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Director, Institute for Vaccine Science and Policy
Professor

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Principal Investigators
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Gatahun Abate, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate professor

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Robert Belshe, M.D.

Founder, Center for Vaccine Development
Professor emeritus

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Sharon Frey, M.D.

Professor emerita

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Sarah George, M.D.

Professor

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Geoffrey Gorse, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor emeritus

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Irene Graham, M.D.

Adjunct professor

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Rong Hou, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate professor

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Brett Jagger, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant professor

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Jianguo Liu, Ph.D.

Professor

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Zacharoula Oikonomopoulou, M.D.

Assistant professor, pediatrics

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Ranjit Ray, Ph.D.

Professor

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Rama Krishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D.

Professor

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Research Faculty
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Azra Blazevic, D.V.M.

Associate professor

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Christopher Eickhoff

Associate research professor

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Rajesh Kumar Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.

Assistant research professor

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Mei Xia, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant research professor

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Research Staff
  • Shirley Dettlebach
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Sabrina DiPiazza
    Research nurse practitioner and recruitment
  • Stan Doublin
    Data coordinator II-research
  • Eric Eggmeyer
    Coordinator, clinical research and reception
  • Linda Eggemeyer-Sharpe
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Lauren Foreman
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Kathleen Heck
    Research nurse
  • Ryan Kerr
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Katie Liefer
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Tracy Montauk
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Karla Mosby
    Nurse supervisor
  • Nicole Purcell
    Research assistant
  • Jenifer Schilpzand
    Research nurse
  • Joan Siegner
    Research nurse and coordinator
  • Jan Tennant
    Research nurse and coordinator
Regulatory Affairs
  • Carol Duane, Ph.D.
    Director, regulatory affairs
  • Kiana Wilder
    Clinical research regulatory assistant
Laboratory Staff
  • Sydney Coates
    Research assistant
  • Chase Colbert
    Research assistant
  • Yuki Haga, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral fellow
  • Amar Mahata, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral fellow
  • Lainey Mejia-Jauregui
    Research technician
  • Keith Meyer
    Staff scientist II
  • Krystal Meza
    Senior research assistant
  • Huan Ning, M.D.
    Staff scientist
  • Padmaja Paidipally
    Staff scientist II
  • Octavio Ramos Espinosa, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral fellow
  • Dhemerson Souza de Lima, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral fellow
  • Solia Sukupolvi-Perry
    Senior research assistant
  • Abhinav Vankayalapati, M.D.
    Postdoctoral fellow
  • Yinyi Yu
    Senior research assistant
Pharmacy
  • Michelle Harris, Pharm.D.
    Research pharmacist
  • Lisa Presley, Pharm.D.
    Research pharmacist
Administrative Staff
  • Tammy Grant
    Business manager, academics and research
  • Patricia E. McQueen
    Executive assistant II
  • Fahzeela Mohamed
    Research grant administrator