Primary Faculty


Rafi Ahmed, PhD

Director and Professor, Emory Vaccine Center

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Rama Rao Amara, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine

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Larry J. Anderson, MD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor and Marcus Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

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Fikri Avci, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine

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Henry Blumberg, MD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Emory Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University and Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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Robert Bednarczyk, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health & Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

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Steven Bosinger, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Scientific Director, Emory Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Genomics Core; Associate Director, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Systems Immunology Core

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Jeremy M. Boss, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Professor and Chair, Basic Sciences Research, Emory University School of Medicine

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Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Science and Career Development Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine Co-Director, Pediatric Residency Investigative Scholars at Emory (PRISE) Program Co-Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

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Max D Cooper, MD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Cheryl L. Day, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher Emory National Primate Research Center, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Carlos del Rio, MD

Executive Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine and Grady Health System, Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health-Rollins School of Public Health, Co-Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research, Co-PI, Emory-CDC HIV Clinical Trials Unit and the Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit

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Matthew Gardner, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Researcher, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory National Primate Research Center, Researcher, Emory Vaccine Center

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Eliver Ghosn, PhD

Researcher, Emory Vaccine Center, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine/Lowance Center for Human Immunology

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Arash Grakoui, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Core Scientist, Emory National Primate Center Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research Member, Cancer Immunology Research Program, Winship Cancer Institute

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Eric Hunter, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center

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Christian C Ibegbu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Joshy Jacob, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Paul Johnson, MD

Director, Emory National Primate Research Center

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Murali Krishna Kaja, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine/ICGEB-EVC, New Delhi, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Haydn Kissick, PhD

Assistant Professor, Emory Vaccine Center/Department of Urology/Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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Rui Kong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Assistant Professor, Emory Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Investigator, Emory National Primate Research Center, Distinguished Investigator, Georgia Research Alliance

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Frances Eun-Hyung Lee, MD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine

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Vincent C. Marconi, MD

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

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Alberto Moreno, MD

Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center

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Walter A. Orenstein, MD

Professor Emeritus Former Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine Director, Emory-UGA Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS)

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Eric Ortlund, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine

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Mirko Paiardini, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Anne Piantadosi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Jyothi Rengarajan, PhD

Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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Ignacio Sanz, MD

Professor Department of Medicine Division Director Division of Rheumatology Eminent Scholar Georgia Research Alliance

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Rafick Sékaly, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology

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Dmitry Shayakmetov, PhD

Professor Department of Medicine

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Guido Silvestri, MD

Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Comparative Pathology, Professor & Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Executive Associate Dean for Research Strategy, Emory University School of Medicine

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Mehul Suthar, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine

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David S. Weiss, PhD

Professor Emory Vaccine Center, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center

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Jens Wrammert, PhD

Associate Professor Emory Vaccine Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

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