The Vaccine Research Center (VRC), is an intramural division of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The mission of the VRC is to discover and develop both vaccines and antibody-based products that target infectious diseases.
Headquarters of Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
John R. Mascola, Director of the Vaccine Research Center
Bill Gates, Francis Collins, Anthony Fauci, John R. Mascola, and NIH Vaccine Research Center scientists
President George W. Bush visits the Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.
NIAID building in North Bethesda, Maryland
HIV-infected T cell
Image: Victor H. Haas
Image: Richard Krause (1925 2015) (32957680970)
