The Duke Human Vaccine Institute received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a branch of the National Institutes of Health, to manufacture H5N1 avian flu vaccines for use in clinical trials.

NIAID recently funded $7 million to Duke under the contract called the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs), which NIAID set up to develop new influenza vaccines that induce long-lasting immunity and protect against more variants of the virus.

Duke Health is leading its first clinical trial under a large federal initiative to develop a new-generation flu vaccine.

As chief operating officer at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), Thomas Denny is in the unique position of helping people fight flu and HIV, developing the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, and all the while leading an annual $120 million enterprise.  

DHVI receives $4.9 million grant from CDC to serve seven U.S. sites