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.
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