Center for Vaccine Development Team
Leadership
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
Principal Investigators
Gatahun Abate, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor
Robert Belshe, M.D.
Founder, Center for Vaccine Development
Professor emeritus
Sharon Frey, M.D.
Professor emerita
Sarah George, M.D.
Professor
Geoffrey Gorse, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor emeritus
Irene Graham, M.D.
Adjunct professor
Rong Hou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor
Brett Jagger, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Jianguo Liu, Ph.D.
Professor
Zacharoula Oikonomopoulou, M.D.
Assistant professor, pediatrics
Ranjit Ray, Ph.D.
Professor
Rama Krishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Faculty
Azra Blazevic, D.V.M.
Associate research professor
Rajesh Kumar Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Assistant research professor
Mei Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant research professor
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
Laboratory Staff
- Preedia Babu
Electrical Engineer - Chase Colbert
Research assistant - Eric Ford
Senior research assistant - 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 - Dhemerson Souza de Lima, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow - Solia Sukupolvi-Perry, Ph.D.
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
- Ezekiel Boampong
Research grant administrator - Tammy Grant
Business manager, academics and research - Patricia E. McQueen
Executive assistant II