Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness

Viral outbreaks with pandemic potential have and will continue to threaten our global community and health, highlighting the need for pandemic preparedness and vaccine development. The Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness is well positioned to conduct research at scale that will drive insights and innovation to handle current gaps in knowledge and investigate new threats. The mission of the Center is to enhance our knowledge of immune protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and better protect our communities from future pandemics through research and innovation.

Our goal is to better understand viral pathogens, mitigate risk through the creation of new vaccines and treatments, and to make sure the communities we serve remain healthy and informed. Our research during the COVID-19 pandemic provided critical insights to our community, to academic peers, lawmakers, and to the government to help understand vaccine efficacy, public health needs, and our populations’ immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infections and vaccination. Our researchers continue to optimize and implement current knowledge to generate diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics.