“Vaccinology: Developing the Next Generation of Vaccines – How Close are We to an HIV Vaccine?”

Featured Speaker: Julia Hutter, MD MPH, Lieutenant Commander, Vaccine Research Program, DAIDS, NIH

Vaccines protect against diseases by teaching our immune systems to fight against harmful bacteria and viruses. In the past, vaccines were central to lifting global burdens of diseases like polio and measles. Today, a vaccine may be the missing solution to preventing HIV infections, allowing for the potential to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Currently, there is no preventative HIV vaccine. Julia Hutter, MD MPH discusses current categories of licensed childhood vaccinations and educates on the challenges of developing an HIV vaccine. She also explores different vaccine designs attempting to overcome said challenges. 

This lecture was part of Research and Education Week 2016 at Children’s National. You can find a full list of events for that week here.

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