EXPANDING FUNDAMENTAL IMMUNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRANSLATING IT INTO DISCOVERIES THAT IMPROVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Established in 2015, the Center for Vaccines and Immunology (CVI) provides an environment for world-class research and training in immunology. The CVI is advancing fundamental and translational immunological knowledge to develop new vaccines and therapies for infectious diseases and other immunity-related diseases and syndromes.

 

Providing an environment for world-class immunology research

Center for Vaccines and Immunology: 1) Train the next generation of scientists and visionaries. 2) Advance our understanding of the host immune response. 3) Partner and enable global research, training, and health. 4) Develop new vaccines and therapies. 5) Contribute to fundamental immunological knowledge.

Infographic with Center for Vaccines & Immunology (CVI) surrounded by 5 main goals of center activity


Latest News

Collaborative research advances what is known about influenza B

UGA’s collaborative research explores the mystery of Influenza B, tracking the Victoria and Yamagata lineages to improve vaccine design and predict the virus’s future evolutionary path.

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CVI Faculty Features

People, Parasites and Plagues Podcast

Episode 1: Dr. Mark Tompkins

Episode 35: Dr. Chet Joyner

This Week in Virology: Moo flu and dengue two

Awards

Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award
Dr. Chet Joyner

Publications

Assessment of immunogenicity and protection induced by COBRA HA vaccines formulated with Infectimune in young and elderly ferrets
PLoS One. February 2026

PD-L1 is an intrinsic switch for natural killer cell-mediated, TRAIL-dependent antiviral function
Cell Rep. January 2026

Elicitation of Protective Immune Responses Against Influenza Virus Following Intranasal Delivery of Fluzone or Flublok Vaccines
Vaccines (Basel). January 2026

Protective efficacy of a ‘pan-fungal’ vaccination strategy against experimental Pneumocystis infection in drug-immunosuppressed macaques
Front Immunol. January 2026

Delineation of the antibody light chain biases and kinetics following primary and secondary influenza virus infections of ferrets
Immunohorizons. January 2026

Influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase multivalent vaccine elicits broader protective immune responses compared to vaccine formulations composed of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase
Hum Vaccin Immunother. December 2025

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Related Projects & University Research Resources

Center for Influenza Disease & Emergence Research (CIDER)
Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR)
Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD)
Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research (CNDR)
Precision One Health (POH)
Animal Health Research Center (AHRC)

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