In his former managerial positions at WHO, he was interim Head of the Initiative
for Vaccine Research, and Coordinator in charge of policy & strategy and implementation research.
He was requested by Dr. Vasee Moorthy, Head of the WHO Initiative
for Vaccine Research, and recommended for the WHO assignment team by Dr. Barney Graham, Deputy Director of the NIH Vaccine Research Center (VRC), and Colonel Nelson Michael, Director of the MHRP.
Dr. Marie - Paule Kieny was Director of the WHO Initiative
for Vaccine Research (IVR) from 2001 - 2010.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) Department of Vaccine Development is internationally recognised
for its vaccine research and clinical pipeline.
Since then, the proposed international vaccine development fund has been discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and both the National Academy of Medicine and the Foundation
for Vaccine Research have expressed support for the idea.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) Center of Vaccine Research is internationally recognised
for its vaccine research and clinical pipeline.
In this project WBVR of SWR performs research on improvement of animal models
for vaccine research specifically in neonate conditions.
He is a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation
for Vaccine Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and co-editor of the foremost vaccine text, Vaccines.
The dilemma
for vaccine research is that these cells are also the target cells for an infection with HIV or SIV.
«The discovery of this new antibiotic was an unexpected result of basic research on HIV proteins,» said senior author Ronald Montelaro, Ph.D., professor and co-director of Pitt's Center
for Vaccine Research (CVR).
Marie - Paule Kieny, head of WHO's Initiative
for Vaccine Research, gave ScienceInsider an update on how this complex operation is moving along.
Hanneke Schuitemaker, senior vice-president
for vaccine research at Crucell, moved there a year ago from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
A summary of its recommendations, endorsed by WHO Director - General Margaret Chan on 11 July, was released in a statement today and discussed during a press briefing (audio file) by Marie - Paule Kieny, head of WHO's Initiative
for Vaccine Research.
The research team shows that in the absence of CTCF, the immune system does not function correctly, a finding with implications
for vaccine research.
Before the announcement, Marie - Paule Kieny, director of the World Health Organization's Initiative
for Vaccine Research, told the news service: «I don't think that there is a lot of expectation that the efficacy of this vaccine will be very high.»
One goal of the study is to demonstrate the prevalence of H. influenzae in the region, explains Joel Ward, director of the Center
for Vaccine Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, and scientific adviser to IVI.
The advantage of Novavax's approach is that a vaccine can be made rapidly and in high volume, compared with the egg - based approach that's used today, says Ted Ross, an associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh's Center
for Vaccine Research (CVR).
«Funding and commercial support are increasing in the area of vaccine R&D, especially because of the high investment by entities such as the NIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,» noted Marie - Paule Kieny, director of the WHO's Initiative
for Vaccine Research.
In the United States, the budget of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is about $ 4.5 billion for fiscal year 2008, and the WHO's Initiative
for Vaccine Research budget was approximately $ 26.5 million for 2006 - 2007.
Notably, the basic skills needed
for vaccine research are taught in most universities: immunology, molecular biology, protein purification and analysis, epidemiology, biostatistics, biochemical engineering.
Center
for Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
As Peter Hortez, the head of the Sabine Institute
for Vaccine Research, puts it, even though most anti-vaxxers are white, when vaccine rates drop, the people who hurt the most will be «people who live in poor, crowded conditions.
Not exact matches
The call to execute certain drug traffickers is drawing the most attention, but another part of the plan could make a big difference: The White House will support
research into developing a
vaccine for opioid addiction.
The
research center will help GSK 12 separate
vaccine development programs
for conditions ranging from shingles to Dengue fever.
Research is on the horizon regarding a
vaccine for both early and late onset GBS infectious illness - which sparks an entirely different debate, as well as more accurate and available rapid testing in labor.
I think you will be interested in this: I got a call from the CDC about answering questions about
vaccines, they wanted to know my daughters
vaccine history
for research.
Now a Stay At Home Mom, she hates molds and bandwagons, so she
researches every aspect of her family life and is determined to be purposeful in living... no soap operas, bonbons, store diapers or
vaccines for her!
State lawmakers allocated more than $ 600,000
for prevention and
research efforts, such as funding Cornell University's program that distributes rabies
vaccines to wild animals with low - flying planes and low - cost rabies clinics
for pets.
A publicly owned drug
research and production utility, operating at cost
for public benefit instead of private profit, would use high revenues from drugs that are taken daily or frequently in order to subsidize
research and production of low - revenue drugs like
vaccines for Ebola, malaria, and other infectious diseases that are used once.
Today, we have developed some kits and
vaccines for the disease through our
research unit.
A new collaborative project between the University of Helsinki and the French National Centre
for Scientific
Research (CNRS) is shedding light on the efficacy of environmentally friendly RNA - based
vaccines that protect plants from diseases and pests.
Multiple obstacles stand in the way of this becoming a future universal flu
vaccine for humans, scientists from The Scripps
Research Institute cautioned in an accompanying commentary in Science.
By identifying why skin immunity declines in old age, a UCL - led
research team has found that an anti-inflammatory pill could help make
vaccines more effective
for elderly people.
The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention would get $ 1.78 billion
for its Ebola work in the United States and Africa, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) would receive $ 238 million
for research that includes testing experimental Ebola
vaccines.
La Montagne chaired the World Health Organization Task Force on Strategic Planning
for the Children's
Vaccine Initiative, advised the Pan American Health Organization on programs for vaccine - research implementation, and served as a member of the board for the Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Devel
Vaccine Initiative, advised the Pan American Health Organization on programs
for vaccine - research implementation, and served as a member of the board for the Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Devel
vaccine -
research implementation, and served as a member of the board
for the Global Alliance
for Tuberculosis Drug Development.
Developing a
vaccine against HIV is still our best hope
for containing the AIDS pandemic, says Danilo Casimiro, Merck's director of basic
vaccine research.
Although much of that money goes to stockpiling
vaccines and improving disease surveillance and information exchange, part of it pays
for research into improved
vaccines and other «countermeasures» against smallpox, anthrax, and botulinum toxin.
In the US,
for example, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, is a hub
for HIV
research, and its Vaccine Research Center continues to focus on HIV in preference to other d
research, and its
Vaccine Research Center continues to focus on HIV in preference to other d
Research Center continues to focus on HIV in preference to other diseases.
In September, an international
research team published much - awaited results of a clinical trial
for the
vaccine.
Support
for translational
research has helped with the development of new drugs, diagnostics and
vaccines, Hotez says, but funding
for basic
research has lagged behind.
Orme and his
research team in Fort Collins investigated whether the existing
vaccine for TB, which goes by the acronym BCG (bacille Calmette - Guerin), worked equally well against different clinical strains of tuberculosis.
Danielle Salha says that the ability to publish her
vaccine research was a priority
for her when she joined the multinational company Aventis Pasteur as a postdoc a year ago.
Robert Arao, MPH, a biostatistician at Group Health
Research Institute, did a statewide survey — the first of its kind — to assess what doctors think and do about flu
vaccines for pregnant women.
For example, last year, the Prime Minister announced plans to create a UK
Vaccine Research and Development Network to focus on threatening diseases including Ebola.
Pressing needs in
vaccine research will ensure opportunities in the field
for years to come.
To fund the new approach to the work, tenOever contacted the Army
Research Office, which sponsors new technology
for vaccine development.
«The best explanation
for what we are seeing is that frequently, after exposure to HIV, a few cells in the genital tract are infected, without establishment of a systemic infection,» says senior investigator Eric Hunter, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Emory
Vaccine Center, and Yerkes National Primate
Research Center.
Scientists led by Hunter at Emory
Vaccine Center / Center
for AIDS
Research teamed up with lead author Jonathan Carlson, PhD, and colleagues at Microsoft
Research.
«Today we see more opportunity than ever to be gained from investing in
vaccine research,» says Keith Gottesdiener, vice president
for vaccine and infectious disease clinical
research with Merck.
So whatever your life science training, there could be a rewarding job
for you in
vaccine research.