Speakers
Leah Katzelnick, PhD, MPH
Bethesda, MD, USA
Stadtman tenure-track investigator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Leah Katzelnick completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health and her postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley and University of Florida. In September of 2020, Leah became an Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases in NIAID. She is Chief of the Viral Epidemiology and Immunity Unit, which uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate immunological protection against and susceptibility to emerging and re-emerging viral diseases with the goal of informing how vaccines can be effectively and safely licensed and introduced through vaccination programs.