Internationally Recognized Malaria Researcher Stefan Kappe to Lead Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health
Distinguished parasitologist and immunologist Stefan Kappe, PhD, has been named director of the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) . He plans to begin his new position early next year.
Kappe is internationally known for his transformational work in genetic engineering of parasites, which has led to a novel malaria vaccine type that demonstrated the potential to provide a high level of protection against malaria infection in preclinical models and a clinical study.
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