Understanding infections to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines

Center for Global Infectious Disease Research

Our goal is to make transformative scientific advances that lead to the prevention, treatment and cures of infectious diseases impacting children and families around the world.

Featured Research

Factors Influencing Maternal Microchimerism Throughout Infancy

Researchers identify previously unknown factors that influence the number of maternal cells transferred during pregnancy and show that these maternal cells can strengthen infants’ T cell responses to a vaccine.

Sanaria, Inc. and Seattle Children’s Research Institute Collaborate to Develop Malaria Vaccines

Read how Drs. Stefan Kappe and Ashley Vaughan and their research teams are partnering with Sanaria to develop PfSPZ vaccines.

Functional COVID-19 Antibodies Are Lost Quickly After Mild Cases

Seattle Children’s researchers have published a study that has uncovered a deeper understanding of why people who have had mild cases of the COVID-19 lose functional antibodies within a few months.

Publication Q&A: A Systems-Level Gene Regulatory Network Model for Plasmodium Falciparum

Research from the Aitchison and Kaushansky labs show the first comprehensive model of how gene expression is controlled in the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

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