Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program Archive — Page 3 of 3

blood draw
October 19, 2015

Two Ebola Survivors’ Blood Could Help Vanderbilt Researchers Find A Treatment

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling bald man wearing glasses, a white shirt, and a light blue tie.
October 8, 2015

Creech to direct Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program

Buddy Creech, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program (VVRP) in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Two researchers in white lab coats work at a laboratory biosafety cabinet; the seated researcher wears purple gloves and handles a tray while the other observes.
April 8, 2015

VU joins national effort to speed Ebola therapy testing

Vanderbilt University researchers have joined a multi-center effort led by Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. to accelerate development of potential antibody therapies against the often-lethal Ebola virus.

Two smiling medical professionals seated together in an office, with framed certificates and plaques on the wall behind them. The woman wears an identification badge and a yellow awareness pin.
September 26, 2013

Vaccine Research Program lands major NIH renewal

The Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program has received a major contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue its work as one of the nation’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units.

Close-up of a healthcare worker administering an injection into a person’s upper arm as the person pulls up a plaid shirt sleeve.
August 22, 2013

Vaccine researchers ready as new flu strain evolves

A worrisome new avian influenza virus, called H7N9, emerged this spring in Eastern China.

A syringe labeled “400” rests on a sterile alcohol-prep packet and a gray medical surface.
December 13, 2012

CDC selects VU to lead national adverse vaccine event reviews

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to lead a consortium of top national experts in vaccine safety in performing timely reviews of adverse vaccine events.