Research Interests

Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools to prevent infectious diseases. New vaccines against a battery of viral, parasitic and bacterial pathogens are currently planned or already in the development pipeline. Epidemiological and clinical studies are necessary to determine the existing disease burden of target diseases, the level of vaccine protection as well as the identification of appropriate target populations and the need for improvements to existing vaccination schemes and to quantify the add-on benefits such as herd protection and vaccine effects pertinent to the reduction of antimicrobial resistance.