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Kenneth D Stuart, PhD

Ken Stuart, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Global Health in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Washington, a P.I. in Seattle Children’s Research Institute's Center of Global Infectious Disease Research and an Affiliate Investigator in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He received a BA in Biology from Northeastern University, a MA in Biology from Wesleyan University and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Iowa. He had Postdoctoral training in Biochemistry at the National Institute for Medical Research, London and at SUNY Stony Brook before becoming an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of South Florida prior to founding the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (aka Center for Infectious Disease Research) that merged with Seattle Children’s Research Institute. His expertise is in the molecular and cell biology, immunology and host pathogen interactions with a focus on protozoan pathogens. He is known for his groundbreaking studies of RNA editing, antigenic variation and human immune responses to malaria vaccination and other discoveries (RNA virus). He is also known for his leadership in pathogen genome, drug discovery, and human immunology research consortia. His current research is focused on 1. human immune responses to Malaria vaccination and infection as a leader of a multi-institutional consortium that is also studying responses to HIV, and Covid vaccinations and 2. on in-depth mechanistic studies on RNA editing.

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