The goal of Seattle Children's Center for Global Infectious Disease Research is to make transformative scientific advances that lead to the prevention, treatment and cures of infectious diseases impacting children and families around the world.
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Key Partnerships
Collaborations and partnerships are integral to CGIDR’s approach. Our investigators work closely with local colleagues at the University of Washington, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Institute for Systems Biology and globally with many other world-class institutions.
Careers
Developing groundbreaking treatments takes more than just the right ideas. It also takes the right people – and CGIDR is recruiting new members.
- If you are looking for a job opportunity, please visit our careers page.
- If you would like information about potential opportunities or if you would like to volunteer in our research center, please email us.
- For information about research internships, students and trainees, visit the Science Education Department page.
Leadership
Alexis Kaushansky, PhD
Alexis Kaushansky, PhD, is a professor at, and interim director of, the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research. She received her BS in chemistry from Harvey Mudd College in 2004, and her PhD from Harvard University in 2010. During her PhD, she trained with Dr. Gavin MacBeath, where she was fortunate to work as part of an interdisciplinary team that included chemists, computer scientists and biologists to develop protein array technology and apply this approach to understanding the molecular changes that occur in cancer.
She joined Dr. Stefan Kappe’s group as a postdoctoral fellow in 2010 to use similar technologies to uncover changes that occur in the liver in response to malaria infection. In 2015, she started a lab at the center which is focused on discovering how pathogens, such as malaria, interact with their human host and using this knowledge to eliminate infection. Outside of work, she enjoys running, cooking, traveling and debating current events.
Rhea Coler, MSc, PhD
Dr. Rhea Coler is interim associate director of the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute; a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; and an affiliate professor in the Department of Global Health, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Pathobiology, University of Washington. She received her PhD from the University of Washington, MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and BSc from McGill University.
Her research is supported by grants from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a variety of local and international biotechnology companies. As a member of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC) and a Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs) site. Coler is also working on clinical trials of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for a variety of infectious disease pathogens including influenza and schistosomiasis. Outside of the lab, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking, traveling and scuba diving.
Visit our labs to learn about the research underway by CGIDR researchers.