Announcements

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute is pleased to announce that Kshitij Wagh, PhD, has been recruited to a faculty position in the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), effective May 15, 2024.

Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) is pleased to announce that Daniel Wrapp, PhD, has been promoted to the faculty position of assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Duke, effective June 1, 2024.

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) Accessioning Unit and Biorepository (AUB) became an American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) accredited biobank under the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 20387:2018 standard in January 2024. DHVI’s AUB became one of only ten A2LA ISO 20387 accredited biobanks in the world.

This spring, 18 faculty members in the Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded distinguished professorships. The new distinguished professors will be honored at the annual distinguished professorship event on May 23, 2024.   

In total, 32 new distinguished professors across Duke University were approved by the Board of Trustees in February. 

Distinguished professorships are awarded to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in advancing science and improving human health.   

We are pleased to announce that Jillian Hurst, PhD, assistant professor in Pediatrics, is joining the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) as an affiliate faculty member, effective March 17, 2024.

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) is pleased to announce that Rebecca Bacon, DVM, DACP, is joining DHVI as an affiliate faculty member, effective February 1, 2024.

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) is pleased to announce that Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, has joined DHVI as an affiliate faculty member.

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Kevin Saunders, PhD, was honored with the 2023 Emerging Leader Award from the Duke Medical Alumni Association during a special dinner during Medical Alumni Weekend.

Six individuals and one team were honored with Distinguished Awards from the Duke Medical Alumni Association. The special dinner celebration took place at the Washington Duke Inn.