press releases
January 31, 2008
Emory Launches Joint Vaccine Center in India with International Biotechnology Center
Two international leaders in vaccine science and technology--the Emory Vaccine Center and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)--have joined forces to launch the Joint ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Center in New Delhi, India.... more
See also photos of inauguration ceremony
October 26, 2007
Emory University Scientists Named 2007 AAAS Fellows
Emory University vaccine scientist Harriet Robinson, PhD, and Emory chemist Albert Padwa, PhD, have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as... more
October 3, 2007
Flu Vaccine in Painless Skin Patches Under Development at Emory, Georgia Tech
Flu vaccine delivered through painless microneedles in patches applied to the skin could soon be an alternative to delivery through hypodermic needles, according to researchers at Emory University and... more
October 3, 2007
Yerkes and Emory Vaccine Center Host Vaccine Development Strategy Meeting
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center...
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October 2, 2007
Emory University Leads Georgia Institutions with $383.9 Million in Research Funding in '07
Researchers working on new vaccines and therapies for influenza and AIDS, innovative strategies for treating type 1 diabetes, molecular triggers of head and neck cancer, genetic variations in schizoph... more
February 5, 2007
Georgia Biomedical Partnership Honors Emory Vaccine Center, Biotech
Startups
The Georgia Biomedical Partnership (GBP) recognized Emory University research programs, scientists and biotech startup companies with its 2007 Biomedical Community and Deal of the Year awards. The GBP... more
January 9, 2007
HIV Vaccine Study Nears Enrollment Limit at Emory's Hope Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center today announced that the Step Study, a multicenter international study of an HIV vaccine developed by Merck and Co., Inc., has successfully enrolled more th...more
October 11, 2006
Emory University School of Medicine Faculty Member Elected to Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has elected Emory University School of Medicine professor Walter A. Orenstein, MD, to its 2006 class of 65 new members. This election brings Emory's total IOM membersh... more
August 21, 2006
Molecular
Switch May Turn Off Immune Cells That Target HIV
One of the primary mysteries of the AIDS epidemic--why the immune
system is unable to control HIV infection--may have been solved
by an international research collaborative. In an upcoming issue
of Na... more
August 10, 2006
Vaccine Leader Named Executive Director of Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center has appointed Mark J. Mulligan, MD, an internationally recognized leader in vaccine clinical trials, as Executive Director. Dr. Mulligan will also serve as... more
July 28, 2006
Gates
Foundation Awards Emory University Scientists $4.5 Million For HIV
Vaccine Research
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Emory University
vaccine researchers Rafi Ahmed, PhD, and Bali Pulendran, PhD, approximately
$4.5 million as part of the Gates Collaboration for AIDS Va...
June 13, 2006
Cross-Country
Bicycle 'Yes Ride' Will Benefit the Emory Vaccine Center
A group of college students are saying "yes" to their
favorite humanitarian organizations and traveling across the United
States on bicycles in an effort to end global poverty and suffering
in the word...
May 25, 2006
Public
Broadcasting Features Emory Experts In 25th Anniversary of AIDS
Coverage
Emory University HIV/AIDS experts are playing leading roles in Georgia
Public Broadcasting's (GPB) programming related to the 25th anniversary
of the first diagnosed case of AIDS. GPB, along with...
May 11, 2006
Action
Cycling 200 Bike Ride Benefits AIDS Vaccine Research at Emory Vaccine
Center
A group of cycling enthusiasts will pedal for a purpose May 20-21
in a 200-mile ride from Atlanta to Athens and back to raise money
for AIDS vaccine research...
May 10, 2006
Emory
Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events Highlight HIV Vaccine Awareness
Weekend
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center invites Atlantans to
a series of events in support of international HIV Vaccine Awareness
Day, May 18...
May 10, 2006
Hope
Springs Eternal 5K Benefits AIDS Research at Emory Vaccine Center
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host its third
annual Hope Springs Eternal 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, May 20,
2006...
April 14, 2006
New
Clinical Trial Begins for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Developed at Emory and
GeoVax
A new human clinical trial will begin this month at several sites
around the country testing both components of an HIV/AIDS vaccine...
January 26, 2006
Grant
Will Help Scientists Improve Vaccine Strategies for Transplant Recipients
Scientists at Emory University will use a $10 million grant from
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new strategies
for vaccination...
January 25, 2006
Emory's
Hope Clinic Seeks More At-Risk Volunteers for HIV Vaccine Study
Results of a Phase I national clinical trial of an HIV vaccine are
even better than expected, leading study organizers to seek more
volunteer participants for a follow-up study of the vaccine...
October 10, 2005
Emory
Gynecologist Says Vaccine Will Help Protect Women Against Cervical
Cancer
The results of a major clinical trial involving 12,167 women shows
Gardasil, a genetically-engineered vaccine by Merck & Co., was 100
percent effective in preventing persistent infection with the two
major strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
June 9, 2005
Emory's
Hope Clinic Seeks At-Risk Individuals for Investigational HIV Vaccine
Trial
Individuals who are not infected with the HIV virus but who may
be at risk of infection because of sexual or drug-related behaviors
may be eligible to participate in a new Atlanta trial of an investigational
HIV vaccine...
May 10, 2005
Fragile
U.S. Vaccine System Needs Improvement Despite Dramatic Gains in
Health
A comprehensive system of vaccine development in the U.S. resulted
in a reduction of 87 to more than 99 percent in illness from ten
vaccine-preventable diseases...
April 26, 2005
Action
Cycling 200: Cycle Through Georgia, Carry Message of AIDS Research
to State
The third annual Action Cycling 200 ride is May 21-22. Sponsored
by Action Cycling Atlanta (ACA), this bicycle ride between Atlanta
and Athens, Ga. will benefit the Emory Vaccine Center and AIDS Athens
in their work to develop an AIDS vaccine...
April 22, 2005
Emory
Holds National Conference on HIV Vaccine and Drug Research
A two-day conference at Emory University will assemble key scientific
leaders from the fields of HIV vaccine research and HIV drug development
to "bridge the gap" in knowledge about the prevention and treatment
of HIV...
April 13, 2005
"Hope
Springs Eternal" 5K Will Benefit AIDS Research at Emory's Hope
Clinic
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will host its second
annual Hope Springs Eternal 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 16,
2005...
March 17, 2005
Emory
Study: Invasive Pneumonia Dropped Following Introduction of Childhood
Vaccine
The problem of increasing antibiotic resistance in cases of Streptococcus
pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, was
dramatically reversed following the licensing and use of a new conjugate
vaccine...
June 25, 2004
Hope
Clinic Receives $2.2 Million from CDC for Trials of HIV Microbicides
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center has received a contract
of approximately $2.2 million from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) to conduct clinical trials of promising to...
June 16, 2004
Yerkes
and CBN Researchers Make Promiscuous Animals Monogamous by Manipulating
Genes
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory
University and Atlanta's Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN)
have found transferring a single gene, the vasopressin receptor,...
June 15, 2004
Global
Government Health Partners to Meet in Atlanta, Discuss Emerging
Threats
Just two weeks after the G-8 Summit on the Georgia coast, global
government health leaders from more than 70 developed and developing
nations will convene June 21-25 in Atlanta, at a forum that coul...
May 21, 2004
Emory
Health-Care Heroes Excel in Annual Awards Competition
Faculty from throughout Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences
Center were honored as finalists or winners in this year's Atlanta
Business Chronicle Health-Care Heroes Competition. Cardiolo...
May 6,2004
Events
at LeFont Theater on May 18 Mark HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
In celebration of National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, Atlantans
are invited to participate in a special event at the LeFont Plaza
Theater, sponsored by SisterLove, Inc., AID Atlanta, and the...
January 8, 2004
Director of National Immunization Program at CDC Joins Emory
Vaccine Center
December
31, 2003
Emory Vaccine Center Creates Minnesota AIDS Trek Pilot Fund
November
25, 2003
Emory and CDC Scientists Explore Why Most Breast-Fed Infants
of HIV-Positive Mothers Resist Infection
November
21, 2003
Action
Cycling’s Crate & Barrel Party Will Benefit
HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research at Emory Vaccine Center
November
20, 2003
Emory University Scientists Find Marker That Identifies Which
Immune Cells Will Retain Long-Term Memory
November
10, 2003
Immune Memory from Smallpox Vaccination Lasts More Than 50
Years, According to Emory University Research
October
30, 2003
Emory
CFAR Hosts Top Scientists at National Symposium on Global HIV/AIDS
Epidemic: Science, People & Policy
October
22, 2003
Scientists from Emory School of Medicine and Emory Vaccine
Center Will Develop HIV Vaccine Made from Virus-Like Particles
(VLPs)
October
10, 2003
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Selects Emory HIV/AIDS Research
Team for Innovation Award
October
1, 2003
Pneumococcal Vaccine Significantly Reduces Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
Disease and Antibiotic Resistance in South African Children
September
17, 2003
Emory University School of Medicine Receives $16 Million NIH
Grant to Lead Biodefense Consortium Aimed at Vaccine Development
September
4, 2003
Emory One of Six Southeastern Universities Leading New $45
Million Biodefense Program
August
28, 2003
Emory Scientists Track Down Immune Sentinel Cells With Gene
Gun
August
20, 2003
NIH Awards HIV Vaccine Development Grant to UAB, Emory University,
Harvard, and Novavax, Inc.
August
13, 2003
Emory Biostatisticians Demonstrate Method to Bolster Accuracy
of Vaccine Studies
July
28, 2003
Action Cycling Atlanta Announces Bike Ride Victory Party: First
Atlanta-Athens Bike Ride Nets $45,000 for Emory Vaccine Center
HIV/AIDS Research July
18, 2003
2003 Minnesota AIDS Trek Names Emory Vaccine Center as New
Primary Beneficiary
July
16, 2003
Emory Researchers Discover Novel Mechanism Of How Anthrax
Impairs Immunity
June
4, 2003
Hope Clinic at Emory Vaccine Center Seeks Volunteers for
New AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trial
May
30, 2003
Atlanta to Athens Bike Ride to Benefit AIDS Vaccine Research
at the Emory Vaccine Center
May
23, 2003
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Exhibits Strong Showing In
Health Care Heroes Awards Competition April
4, 2003
Pertussis Vaccine Helps Reduce Transmission of Disease, According
to Emory and Senegal Researchers
January
23, 2003
AIDS Vaccine Developed at Emory University and the National
Institutes of Health Moves to Clinical Trials
January
15, 2003
Emory Vaccine Research Center Study in Nature Identifies
Specific Gene Required for Long-term Immunity
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