Juliana “Julie” McElrath was born on January 9,1951 and is a senior vice president and director of the vaccine and infectious disease division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and principal investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network Laboratory Center in Seattle, Washington.
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Julie McElrath is a professor at the University of Washington.
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Julie McElrath traveled to South Africa in 2000 and, while driving through villages in the coastal areas near Durban, she saw the tangible toll of the AIDS epidemic.
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In 1996, Julie McElrath joined the faculty at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, bringing her work toward an HIV vaccine to the center.
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Julie McElrath was honored for her research with an NIH Merit Award and served as associate editor of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Julie McElrath continues to be involved in a global initiative to develop an HIV-1 vaccine, and in research to identify innate and mucosal immune defenses generated following vaccination.
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Julie McElrath has taken a leadership role or has been a significant contributor to numerous integrated programs at the national and international level to advance a coordinated effort to curb the HIV epidemic through prevention efforts.
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Julie McElrath is a member of the Association of American Physicians, American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Julie McElrath is a past recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research, a National Institutes of Health Merit Award, and the GAIA Vaccine Foundation Award.
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Julie McElrath serves on numerous scientific advisory committees and boards for institutions, government and industry.
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