Biography:Scott Halperin
Scott Halperin is a Canadian immunologist, professor of pediatrics, microbiology, and immunology at Dalhousie University, the head of Pediatric Infection Diseases at IWK Health Centre, and the director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology.[1][2][3]
Biography
Halperin received a B.Sc. from Stanford University, and an M.D. from Cornell University. He did his postdoctoral research in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Virginia and University of Minnesota.[4]
Career
Halperin's research focuses on pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases.[2] In 2020, the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University was approved by Health Canada to begin clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine, led by Halperin.[5] Halperin's research also focuses on public health policy in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Awards
From 2004 to 2009, Halperin held the CIHR/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals clinical research chair in vaccines. He received a certificate of merit from the Canadian Paediatric Society in 2009, as well as the Max Forman Senior Research Prize from the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, also in 2009.[4]
References
- ↑ "COVID‑19 researcher profile: Dr. Scott Halperin". https://www.dal.ca/news/2020/04/14/covid-19-researcher-profile--dr--scott-halperin.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "» Dr. Scott Halperin" (in en). 8 April 2013. http://cirnetwork.ca/researcher/dr-scott-halperin/.
- ↑ "Health Canada approves first clinical trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine" (in en). https://rdnewsnow.com/2020/05/17/health-canada-approves-first-clinical-trial-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Scott Halperin". https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/pediatrics/our-people/our-faculty/scott-halperin.html.
- ↑ Keith Doucette (2020-05-17). "Halifax lab to do COVID-19 vaccine trials" (in en-CA). Winnipeg Free Press. The Canadian Press. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/halifax-lab-team-to-conduct-first-canadian-trials-for-possible-covid-19-vaccine-570544512.html.
- ↑ Cooke, Alex (2020-03-09). "Dalhousie researchers get $1.9M to study coronavirus". CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-researchers-coronavirus-research-1.5490864.
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