Mingchao Shen, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Associate Director Project Management, HVTN Laboratory Center
HIV Vaccine Trials Network
Research focus includes preclinical animal models for vaccines and adjuvants testing, vaccine product development and clinical trial design, vaccine adjuvants, formulations and innate immune responses, immunological evaluation of vaccines and project management for collaborative research projects.
Education
University of Washington, 2001, PhD (Bioengineering)
Susquehanna University, 1996, BS (Biochemistry and Mathematics)
Research Interests
Preclinical animal models for vaccines and adjuvants testing
Vaccine product development and clinical trial design
Vaccine adjuvants, formulations and innate immune responses
Immunological evaluation of vaccines
Project management for collaborative research projects
Current Projects
HVTN Laboratory Center project management and grant support
HVTN-NIH-China CDC collaboration
CAVD Comprehensive T-cell Vaccine Immune Monitoring Consortium (CTVIMC)
CAVD protein/adjuvant development and testing