The QBI & Gladstone Institute Infectious Disease and Human Health Seminar Series presents Dan Barouch, Ph.D., the William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is a member of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, and part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery. Dr. Barouch received his Ph.D. in immunology from Oxford University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. His laboratory focuses on studying the immunology and pathogenesis of viral infections and developing novel vaccine and treatment strategies. His group has led the development of vaccine candidates for multiple pathogens of global significance, including HIV, Zika virus, tuberculosis, and most recently SARS-CoV-2. His recent work contributed to the development of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which is now being rolled out throughout the world. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020.

Title: Correlates of Protection for COVID-19 Vaccines

Host: Ifeanyi Ezeonwumelu