Jerome H. Kim, M.D., serves as the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and is an international expert in vaccine development and evaluation. Before joining IVI, Dr. Kim held several prominent positions, including Principal Deputy of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He was also the U.S. Army Program Manager for HIV vaccines and led the Army’s RV144 Phase III HIV vaccine trial, which demonstrated efficacy in preventing HIV-1.

WELCOME TO THE 9TH ISSUE OF VACCINES BEAT  As we present our 9th issue, we reflect on a somber milestone: the fifth anniversary of the...

A summary of the latest News & Alerts in the fields of vaccinology, vaccines, vaccination, and vaccine-preventable diseases. We curate the latest information on regulatory updates, emerging trends, breakthroughs in vaccine technology, vaccine safety and efficacy, global immunization developments and outbreak alerts, as a resource to keep our community informed.

Latest impactful scientific publications that stand out for their potential bearing on healthcare. We introduce groundbreaking research findings, innovative treatment modalities, results from phase 1 to 3 vaccine clinical trials, or paradigm-shifting discoveries that redefine our understanding of infectious diseases and therapeutic approaches for all vaccine-preventable diseases.

Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease, and even though vaccination has been globally implemented since the 1940s, we are far from elimination, and...

The core function of a vaccine is to trigger immune responses that specifically target a particular pathogen. Historically, vaccines were designed, developed, registered, recommended,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is responsible for regulating vaccine use in the United States. The general stages...

The role of the physician in innovation of new medicinal products and other health and wellness therapies is central. The specific roles and specific tasks for medically trained experts varies across the spectrum of innovation, and it is worth some time to consider these varied functions physicians play.  These roles have been described in detail (1).