Bali Pulendran, PhD, will lead the Emory Vaccine Center team, which includes scientists from Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Emory Vaccine Center.
The Emory team led a project in nonhuman primates aimed at programming innate immunity to the disease.
Emory’s Vaccine Center has received a series of grants in the last two years that have totaled more than $30 million.
Top photo: Billionaire Warren Buffett (left) alongside Melinda and Bill Gates (via gatesfoundation.org)