Matthew B. Laurens, MD, MPH
Titles
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC)
Director, International Clinical Trials Unit, Malaria Research Program, CVD
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
School Affiliation
School of Medicine
Specialties
Viruses and Public Health
Vaccines
Malaria and Typhoid
About
Phone: 410-706-5328
Email: mlaurens@som.umaryland.edu
Dr. Laurens is a pediatric infectious disease specialist with a primary research interest in malaria, typhoid fever, and other diseases that disproportionately affect people who live in resource-limited settings. He conducts studies at the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) in Baltimore and at international sites in Burkina Faso, Mali, Malawi, and Uganda. Dr. Laurens evaluates vaccines and therapeutics that target infectious pathogens, studies the interaction of HIV and malaria and investigates the acquisition of antimalarial immunity. The broad goal of Dr. Laurens’ research is to illuminate the mechanisms of vaccine-induced immunity with the aim to inform development of vaccines and therapeutics.
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