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Leadership & Administration

CVD Leadership

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Director

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, is Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. Dr. Neuzil is one of the world’s preeminent scientists and advocates in vaccine science and policy. Throughout her career, she has conducted clinical and epidemiologic studies on vaccine-preventable diseases, including work on influenza and rotavirus, that have informed domestic and international vaccine policy.

Karen Kotloff, MD

Karen Kotloff, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Research

Dr. Kotloff is Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric infectious disease specialist. She has served as Principal Investigator on some of the largest projects related to child health and mortality prevention. Her research covers respiratory diseases such as pneumonia as well as research into enteric diseases such as rotavirus, Shigella, cholera and typhoid. Dr. Kotloff’s research has been instrumental in helping to set prevention policy including a strong footing for vaccine development and distribution in low-resource global settings.

Miriam Laufer, MD

Miriam Laufer, MD
Associate Director for Malaria Research;
Interim Director of the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health (CVD)

Dr. Laufer is Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with over 15 years of experience in conducting epidemiological and translational research with a focus of translating scientific discovery into clinically relevant strategies to improve the health of people living in malaria-endemic countries. Much of her work has focused on maternal immunization as well as drug-resistance. Dr. Laufer leads a team of dynamic and world-renowned researchers who work towards accelerating malaria elimination.

Marcelo Sztein, MD

Marcelo Sztein, MD
Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research

Dr. Sztein is Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director for Immunologic Studies. He established the Immunology Group to centralize and expand interdisciplinary efforts in translational research, a “bench to bedside” program with the ultimate goal of accelerating vaccine development and usage. He is an accomplished investigator in the area of immunology of infectious diseases and cytokine immunobiology. Dr. Sztein is a recognized international authority in the study of the human host systemic and mucosal immune responses to vaccination (with or without adjuvants) and the identification of immunological mechanisms of protection from infection in human and animal models, particularly in the field of infectious enteric diseases.  Projects encompass the study of systemic and gastrointestinal mucosal immune responses in volunteers participating in challenge studies and in vaccine trials of genetically engineered vaccine strains such as attenuated Salmonella Typhi and Shigella (alone or as a carrier of foreign genes), Vibrio cholerae,  Enteroaggregative E. coli, Plasmodium falciparum, Salmonella Paratyphi A and B, non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS), invasive NTS, Dengue virus, Francisella tularensis, influenza, hepatitis and Ebola.

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Administration

Vaidehi Agrawal, PhD
Health Program Director
Email: vagrawal@som.umaryland.edu

Tiania Bellamy
Administrative Assistant
Email: tbellamy@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-5328

Khristy Bozylinski-Bulos, MS, MBA
Program Administrator
Email: KBozylinski-Bulos@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-8095

Jeff Crum
Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
Email: JCrum@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-2193

Lyndsie Etherton
Grants & Contracts Specialist
Email: letherton@som.umaryland.edu

C. Monica Gellene, CRA, MBA
Chief Business Officer
Email: mgellene@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-0323

Caroline Kairo
Program Specialist
Email: ckairo@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-8695

Andrew Lentini, MEd, MFA
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Email: alentini@som.umaryland.edu

 

Casey Leyva, MHA
Health Program Manager
Email: cleyva@som.umaryland.edu

Jeannie Murray
Health Program Manager
Email: jeannie.murray@som.umaryland.edu

Tawfiq Rasooli
Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
Email: MRasooli@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-2193

Ki So
Research Administrator
Email: kso@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-2359

Dottie Small
Executive Assistant to the Associate Dean for Global Health,
Vaccinology, and Infectious Diseases
Email: dsmall@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-7588

Bethanne Smith
Assistant to the Director
Email: bethanne.smith@som.umaryland.edu

Anthony Weldon
Senior Program Specialist
Email: AWeldon@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-5595

John Wilson
Budget Analyst
Email: JoWilson@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-3503