Vaccine Trials, Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Unit

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Vaccine Trials Unit Mission:

Addressing health inequities through safe and effective vaccine development/trials with a focus on emerging infections, HIV, and other vaccine preventable conditions.

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Pediatric Clinical & Translational Research Unit Mission:

Leading innovative clinical and translational research to improve the health and well-being of all children, with emphasis on minority and medically underserved children in Georgia, US, and worldwide.

MSM COVID 19 Vaccine Trial Interest Survey

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Please fill out the survey if you are interested and be a part of the changing face of research in this diverse community.

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MSM COVID 19 Vaccine Trial Interest Survey

Please fill out the survey if you are interested and be a part of the changing face of research in this diverse community.

HUMMINGBIRD Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Study

Morehouse School of Medicine is participating in a new clinical trial called the HUMMINGBIRD study, a Phase 2/3 study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric participants.

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PEARL

This study will evaluate the safety and immune response of a new candidate RSV vaccine in infants and toddlers.  A Phase III, randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, multinational study to evaluate the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine in infants and toddlers (PEARL).

Further Unit Studies

Vaccine Trials, Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Unit Team

Saadia Khizer, MPH

Interim CTO Director/Vaccine Trial Unit Clinic Director, Clinical Research Coordinator Core Leader

Stacy Ladd

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Erica L. Johnson, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology / Obstetrics & Gynecology, Translational Research Scientist, Co-Director of MSM Vaccine Trials Unit and Pediatric Clinical Translational Research Unit, Co-Director

Austin W. Chan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Principal Investigator GAETC

LaKesha Tables, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Noor Mohamed, Pharm D., RPh

Director of Investigational Drug Service & Clinical Research Pharmacist

Christina Wilson

Clinical Research Coordinator

Ayesha Ahmed

Clinical Research Coordinator