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Executive Team

Ofer Levy , MD, PhD

Director, Precision Vaccines Program; Senior Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Simon van Haren , PhD

Principal Investigator, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Asimenia Angelidou , MD, PhD

Staff Scientist, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Joann Arce , PhD

Lead, Data Management and Analysis Core, Precision Vaccines Program; Scientist, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Mehmet Saluvan, PhD

Senior Staff Scientist

Administration Manager

Leadership Team

Members of the Leadership Team include the Executive Team plus the following:

Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz , MSc, PhD

Scientist, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Oludare Adedayo Odumade , MD, PhD

Researcher, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kinga Smolen, PhD

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Senior Staff Scientist, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

David Dowling , PhD

Scientist, Precision Vaccines Program, Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Staff & Lab Members

The Precision Vaccines Program is comprised of a group of dedicated individuals and teams working to enhance vaccine safety and efficacy and advance the next generation of vaccines for vulnerable populations. Our program is composed of experts in vaccinology, clinical trials, immunology, molecular biology, administration, data management, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and systems biology. They are listed in the following groups: