Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division

Human Herpesviruses

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VIDD scientists and affiliates study all of the human herpesviruses (CMV, EBV, HHV-6, HHV-8, HSV-1, HSV-2 and VZV) with the collective aim of understanding how to mitigate viral infection outcomes. Herpesvirus infections such as CMV are of special concern in the immunocompromised patient population where they can cause severe morbidity and in some cases promote the development of certain human cancers. Our internationally renowned researchers are exploring novel and diverse approaches to reduce the impact of these viruses on patients. VIDD, with UW partners, has a world renowned program to study the natural history and host-pathogen interactions in genital herpes and neonatal herpes. VIDD scientists have conducted pioneering research to identify prevention and therapeutic strategies and have developed novel techniques to diagnose infections in infants and adults.

Faculty

Martine Aubert
Senior Staff Scientist, Jerome Lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Email: maubert@fhcrc.org
Michael Boeckh
Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Member, Clinical Research Division
Head, Clinical Research Program in Transplant Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor, Medicine, University of Washington
Attending Physician, SCCA Infectious Disease Consulting Service, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Corey Casper
Associate Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Associate Member, Public Health Sciences Division
Associate Member, Clinical Research Division
Director, UCI/Hutchinson Center Cancer Alliance, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Director, Scientific Program on AIDS-Associated Malignancies and Infections, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Phone: (206) 667-4600
Email: ccasper@fhcrc.org
Fax: (206) 667-1965
Tomer Hertz
Staff Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Staff Scientist, Public Health Sciences Division
Email: thertz@fhcrc.org
Keith Jerome
Associate Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Associate Member, Clinical Research Division
Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Head, Virology Division, University of Washington
Director, Molecular Virology Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Jennifer Lund
Assistant Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Research Assistant Professor, Global Health, University of Washington
Graduate Faculty, Global Health, University of Washington
Email: jlund@fhcrc.org
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Amalia Magaret
Research Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Graduate Faculty, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Associate Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Associate Member, Public Health Sciences Division
Phone: (206) 520-4316
Email: amag@u.washington.edu
Fax: (206) 520-4371
Rhoda Morrow
Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Graduate Faculty, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Head, Faculty Affairs, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Laboratory diagnosis of viral disease in humans. Natural history and epidemiology of genital herpes and neonatal herpes.
Email: rmorrow@fhcrc.org
Fax: (206) 667-6366
Anna Wald
Professor, Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Epidemiology, University of Washington
Graduate Faculty, Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Epidemiology, University of Washington
Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Phone: (206) 520-4340
Email: annawald@u.washington.edu
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