COVID-19 Researchers
More than 50 of our faculty have been focusing on the COVID-19 crisis — even as most researchers are working at home and labs are operating with minimum on-site staff. Our researchers are committed to ending the pandemic — from vaccines to developing diagnostic and serology tests to modeling the spread of the virus.
Hutch Researchers Connected to COVID-19
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Dr. Michele Andrasik
Dr. Michele Andrasik
Dr. Michele Andrasik is the director of social and behavioral sciences and community engagement for the COVID-19 Prevention Network.
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Dr. Trevor Bedford
Dr. Trevor Bedford
Dr. Trevor Bedford is a computational biologist who uses gene differences between coronavirus samples to trace its global spread.
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Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio
Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio
Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio is the medical director of the Hutch’s COVID-19 Clinical Research Center, which is designed to test novel interventions to treat and prevent COVID-19.
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Dr. Jesse Bloom
Dr. Jesse Bloom
Dr. Jesse Bloom and his lab are working on potential serological tests to understand who has had COVID-19.
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Dr. Michael Boeckh
Dr. Michael Boeckh
Dr. Michael Boeckh heads Infectious Disease Sciences at Fred Hutch and focuses his attention on patients with compromised immune systems.
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Dr. Ruth Etzioni
Dr. Ruth Etzioni
Dr. Ruth Etzioni is a mathematical modeler who helps state health officials better predict, track and prevent COVID-19.
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Dr. Peter Gilbert
Dr. Peter Gilbert
Dr. Peter Gilbert leads the statistical data management center of the COVID-19 Prevention Network at Fred Hutch.
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Dr. Elizabeth Halloran
Dr. Elizabeth Halloran
Dr. Elizabeth Halloran has worked with the World Health Organization on the design of large-scale trials of coronavirus vaccines.
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Dr. Keith Jerome
Dr. Keith Jerome
Dr. Keith Jerome and UW colleagues have developed a diagnostic test for the virus, expanding local testing capacity.
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Dr. Julie McElrath
Dr. Julie McElrath
Dr. Julie McElrath is working to identify antibodies that bind to the coronavirus, research that could lead to a vaccine.
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Dr. Andrew McGuire
Dr. Andrew McGuire
Dr. Andrew McGuire studies antibodies that neutralize coronaviruses to inform vaccine des
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Dr. Marie Pancera
Dr. Marie Pancera
Dr. Marie Pancera studies the structure of the coronavirus and the antibodies that the immune system uses to neutralize it.
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Dr. Steven Pergam
Dr. Steven Pergam
Dr. Steven Pergam is in charge of infection control for patients at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and UW Medicine.
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Dr. Joshua T. Schiffer
Dr. Joshua T. Schiffer
Dr. Joshua Schiffer is an infectious disease physician and researcher who develops mathematical models to address significant medical challenges.
Learn MorePredicting Epidemics Before They Start
Evolutionary biologist Trevor Bedford uses complex statistical and computational methodology to study the rapid spread and evolution of viruses, from Influenza to Zika. The goal is to disrupt global epidemics before they spread.