Children’s Research Institute Seminar Series: “University of North Carolina Chlamydia Vaccine Initiative – It Takes a Village” and “How Enterovirus D68 Drew a Physician Scientist to UNC”

Dr. Darville is the Vice Chair of Pediatric Research, Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology. Dr. Darville’s research lab studies the pathogenesis of genital tract disease due to Chlamydia trachomatis. Dr. Darville’s research has discovered immune signaling pathways active in disease development, and continues to pursue studies that explore host-pathogen interactions responsible for induction of disease. She is currently working to develop a vaccine to prevent chlamydial infection, and is pursuing genetic and transcriptional microarray studies to determine biomarkers of disease risk and immune pathways that lead to protection from chlamydial infection and disease. Read more

Dr. Vogt is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology. Dr. Vogt is studying the pathogenesis of respiratory viral diseases common to children as well as the humoral immune response to these diseases. Read more

Please contact childrensresearch@med.unc.edu for web conferencing options to attend this seminar.