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 University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD). 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.
Learn more about Kappe’s research and CVD.