VIDD News

Dr. Elizabeth Halloran, expert in vaccine trial design and quantitative methods for infectious diseases, transitions to emerita

Dr. Elizabeth Halloran, expert in vaccine trial design and quantitative methods for infectious diseases, transitions to emerita

Infectious disease modeling pioneer helped outline modern precepts for design and analysis of vaccine trials, causal inference with interference; shaped a generation of infectious disease scientists
Hutch NewsJanuary 30, 2026
The benefits of HIV research? Let us count the ways

The benefits of HIV research? Let us count the ways

HIV work has helped shape the FDA, provided drugs for other infections, changed health systems globally and more, say Fred Hutch experts
Hutch NewsNovember 28, 2025
Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system

Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system

Dr. Paul Thomas will combine computational and empirical approaches to understand the immune repertoire and turn this knowledge into new diagnostic and therapeutic tools
Hutch NewsNovember 05, 2025
New horizons in infectious disease treatment and prevention in immunocompromised patients

New horizons in infectious disease treatment and prevention in immunocompromised patients

The 5th Symposium on Infectious Disease in the Immunocompromised Host emphasized new opportunities, next generation
Hutch NewsJune 23, 2025
Dr. Peter Gilbert receives Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science

Dr. Peter Gilbert receives Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science

Award recognizes leadership in HIV vaccine trial development, analysis
Hutch NewsMay 09, 2025
Managing mountains of genomic data

Managing mountains of genomic data

Tools invented at Fred Hutch are helping researchers analyze the enormous global database of genomic sequences of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how pathogens evolve and spread
Hutch NewsApril 22, 2025
Drs. Keith Jerome and Jesse Bloom elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology

Drs. Keith Jerome and Jesse Bloom elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology

Fred Hutch researchers’ study of viruses evolves from basic understanding to practical applications
Hutch NewsMarch 20, 2025
With respiratory infections rampant, experts urge masking and vaccination

With respiratory infections rampant, experts urge masking and vaccination

Limited disease data makes it hard to accurately assess flu trends
Hutch NewsMarch 13, 2025
50 years of doing hard things

50 years of doing hard things

Founded in 1975 to honor a brother, Fred Hutch Cancer Center pursued bold science, pioneered a cure for blood diseases that changed medicine and became a world-class biomedical research and clinical care institution
Hutch NewsJanuary 09, 2025
Starting the year smarter

Starting the year smarter

How patients, providers, researchers and others stay informed amid a deluge of data and information
Hutch NewsJanuary 08, 2025
Crunching the numbers for next-gen COVID-19 vaccines

Crunching the numbers for next-gen COVID-19 vaccines

BARDA taps Fred Hutch biostatisticians to assess new vaccine technology, more nimble trial design
Hutch NewsJanuary 07, 2025
‘Action and progress link our globe’

‘Action and progress link our globe’

HVTN’s Dr. Daniel Driffin focused on hope in remarks at White House World AIDS Day event
Hutch NewsDecember 09, 2024
How protective antibodies get in malaria’s way

How protective antibodies get in malaria’s way

Fred Hutch researchers’ structural insights help reveal weak spot in parasite’s mode of attack, could guide vaccine design
Hutch NewsNovember 20, 2024
Laying the groundwork for a new cancer-preventive vaccine

Laying the groundwork for a new cancer-preventive vaccine

Fred Hutch scientists garner large NCI award to uncover secrets of immune response to virus behind Kaposi sarcoma
Hutch NewsNovember 18, 2024
Going straight to the source in defense against infant RSV

Going straight to the source in defense against infant RSV

New anti-idiotype antibody a first step in possible strategy to build infant immunity during vulnerable window
Hutch NewsNovember 12, 2024
Infectious disease experts propose trials network dedicated to immunocompromised patients

Infectious disease experts propose trials network dedicated to immunocompromised patients

ImmunOptimize workshop convened stakeholders across disciplines to brainstorm infectious disease clinical trials network designed to serve people with weakened immune systems
Hutch NewsOctober 21, 2024
Zeroing in on vaginal microbes that most increase HIV risk

Zeroing in on vaginal microbes that most increase HIV risk

Signature combination of BV bacteria and immune proteins associated with highest risk could help guide prevention
Hutch NewsSeptember 09, 2024
Getting a paw up in the cat-and-mouse game with the COVID-19 virus

Getting a paw up in the cat-and-mouse game with the COVID-19 virus

Fred Hutch researchers invent method to quickly and safely test thousands of mutations to predict which ones could help the virus escape our defenses
Hutch NewsJuly 03, 2024
New biomarker could one day help tailor immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma

New biomarker could one day help tailor immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma

Helps explain why only certain MCC patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, could point toward new strategies to improve treatment responses
Hutch NewsFebruary 09, 2024
Infectious disease scientists look beyond the pandemic

Infectious disease scientists look beyond the pandemic

A symposium about protecting people with weakened immune systems from microbial threats
Hutch NewsMay 09, 2023