Washington University’s Center for Vaccines and Immunity to Microbial Pathogens (CVIMP) goal is to facilitate seamless interactions between the tremendous clinical expertise at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) and its world-renowned basic science departments.
Known pathogens, such as influenza viruses, HIV, TB, and malaria, and the emergence of new pathogens, such as the Zika virus and SARS-CoV-2, continue to represent frequent and significant threats to human health. Novel or improved vaccines and therapeutics are desperately needed across various infectious disease disciplines.
CVIMP targets all different stages of vaccine development that range from basic vaccine platform development, pivotal animal studies, detailed laboratory-based analysis of immune responses and correlates of protection, GMP production facilities, administrative infrastructure for IND filing, and a clinical trials group that can design and run phase I and II studies.
Our vision is to amplify and accelerate the translational impact of the cutting-edge research performed at WUSM that dissects the interplay between our immune system and microbial pathogens.
Latest Events
2026 Vaccine Research Day
April 21, 2026
Fort Neuroscience Research Building, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
2026 Rising Stars Seminar Series
Times: 3-4 PM CST
January 6 Anass Abbad Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai
February 3 Annie Elong Ngono La Jolla Institute for Immunology
March 10 Zhuoming Liu Washington University School of Medicine
April 6 Namit Chaudhary The Scripps Research Institute
May 5 Sumanta Naik Washington University School of Medicine
June 2 Daniel Malouli Oregon Health & Science University
July 7 Julianna Han The Scripps Research Institute
August 4 Bernadeta Dadonaite Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
September 1 Mark Painter Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
October 6 Chris Risley University of Alabama at Birmingham
November 3 Rosie Aogo National Institutes of Health
December 1 Violeta Capric & Doan Nguyen Emory University
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