Anna Wald, MD, MPH
Professor
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Member
Pathogen-Associated Malignancies Integrated Research Center (PAM IRC)
Dr. Anna Wald is a Fred Hutch physician and a clinical virology researcher who also heads the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington. She is an expert on infections in patients whose immune systems have been compromised by cancer treatment or viruses such as HIV. Her research is concentrated on the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of herpesviruses, and the development of new vaccines for a variety of viral pathogens. She is an investigator in clinical trials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and is involved in projects to develop home test kits for self-collection of blood samples for coronavirus antibody studies.
Other Appointments & Affiliations
Physician, Infectious Disease Consulting Service, Fred HutchPhysician, Infectious Disease Consulting Service
Fred Hutch
Head, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
Professor, Epidemiology; Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Education
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1994
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1985
BA, Comparative Religion, Wesleyan University, 1979
Research Interests
Epidemiology, natural history, therapy, and prevention of human herpesvirus infections
Clinical trials of novel vaccines and therapeutics for viral pathogens