The laboratory of James Crowe Jr., MD (pictured), director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, received the 2018 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Academic Research Team at the 18th World Vaccine Congress in Washington, DC, this week.
The congress is an annual meeting of vaccine professionals from industry, academia and nonprofit organizations. The awards are given to recognize outstanding achievements by companies, research teams and individuals in the vaccine industry.
“I was especially proud to see our whole laboratory and research administration group recognized as the leading academic research team in the vaccine industry this year,” said Crowe, the Ann Scott Carell Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
“The award recognizes that our scientists are not only doing top-tier basic science, but also translating the findings into real interventions that can help people,” he said.
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