Why the International Health Institute (IHI)?
The most critical public health need for vaccines is in the developing world. Laboratory, clinical and community research on the development, delivery and evaluation of vaccines for malaria, HIV, TB, worm infections, and other infectious diseases is urgently needed. Creating the Vaccine Collaborative under the umbrella of the International Health Institute (IHI) will allow the Collaborative to flourish in an atmosphere where community health, international health, infectious disease, and vaccine development already intermingle. The IHIs mission is to integrate public health and social policy, with a special emphasis on infectious pathogens that affect the health of communities in the developing world. The TB/HIV Research Laboratory at the IHI focuses on TB and AIDS vaccine development, and has also established websites providing access to specialized tools for vaccine researchers. Dr. De Groot and Dr. Knopf of the IHI teach the Vaccines course at Brown. Dr. Steve McGarvey, the Associat
