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As the Editor-in-Chief of Vaccines, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Vaccines 2024 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Xin Du, a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Dr. George Y. Liu’s laboratory at the Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA; and Mr. Alessandro Pardini, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 500, and an electronic certificate.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Ralph A. Tripp Editor-in-Chief, Vaccines
Vaccines 2024 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Alessandro Pardini
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Xin Du
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Dr. Zixin Wang
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Haval Shirwan
University of Louisville
Winner
Alexandra Dvorscek
Monash University
Eduard Puente-Massaguer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Vasso Apostolopoulos
Victoria University
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Prof. Antonella Caputo
Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Nancy Agmon Levin
SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER
Winner
Kyle O'Donnell
NIH-NIAID
Irene González Domínguez
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Dr. Olga Borges
University of Coimbra
Dr. David Benfield
Prof. François Meurens
Swine and Poultry Infectious Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal
Dr. Toru Takimoto
University of Rochester Medical Center
Winner
Hee Chun Chung
Colleage of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
Alejandro Marin Lopez
300 Cedar St
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Dr. Marzena Pazgier
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Dr. Enric Mateu
Prof. Dr. JOSEPH BANOUB
DFO-SCIENCE BRANCH AND MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Winner
Carly May Bliss
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joshua Gillard
Department of Medical Immunology, section infectious diseases, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Adam Cheng
University of Minnesota
Sasha Larsen
Infectious Disease Research Institute
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Nirbhay Kumar
Chairman
George Washington University
Prof. Andrew Pekosz
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Dr. Romain Paillot
Dr. Yoshihiko Hirohashi
Dept of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine.
Winner
Lynda Coughlan
Mount Sinai at IcahnSchool of Medicine, USA
João Conniot
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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