Georgia State Professor Tapped To Develop New Vaccine To Fight STD

Dr. Cynthia Cornelissen is the director of the Center for Translational Immunology in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University

Courtesy of Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University

A professor and lead researcher at Georgia State University has been tapped to develop a new vaccine for a sexually-transmitted disease.

National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, has awarded Dr. Cynthia Cornelissen a five-year grant for $9.25 million.

She’s the director of the Center for Translational Immunology in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University. Her task is to lead a team in developing a vaccine to combat gonorrhea.