KentEdwardKesterMD
Infectious Disease • Pocono Manor, PAHIV/AIDS Medicine, Healthcare Associated Infections, International Health, Travel & Tropical
Vice President and Head of Translational Medicine, IAVI
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Office
78 Swiftwater Avenue
Pocono Manor, PA 18349
Education & Training
National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1992 - 1995
University of MarylandResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 1987 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Infectious Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Safety and Efficacy Study of RTS,S AS02A/AS01B Vaccine to Prevent Malaria Start of enrollment: 2003 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 165 citationsPhase 1/2a Study of the Malaria Vaccine Candidate Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA-1) Administered in Adjuvant System AS01B or AS02AMichele D. Spring, James F. Cummings, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Sheetij Dutta, Randall Reidler
Plos One. 2009-04-23 - 686 citationsA preliminary evaluation of a recombinant circumsporozoite protein vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Evaluation Group.José A. Stoute, Moncef Mohamed Slaoui, D. G. Heppner, P Momin, Kent E. Kester
The New England Journal of Medicine. 1997-01-09 - 191 citationsPhase I/IIa Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy Trial of NYVAC-Pf7, a Pox-Vectored, Multiantigen, Multistage Vaccine Candidate for Plasmodium falciparum MalariaChristian F. Ockenhouse, Pei Fang Sun, David E. Lanar, Bruce T. Wellde, B. Ted Hall
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1998-06-01
Committees
- Member, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 2015 - Present
- Member, Vaccine and Related Biologics Advisory Committee, FDA 2011 - 2014
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- American Society of Tropical Medicine & HygieneFellow
- Member
- Fellow
- Fellow
- American Society for MicrobiologyMember
- Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghFellow
Industry Relationships
- Vice President and Head, Translational Science and Biomarkers, Sanofi Pasteur2015 - Present
- Associate VP and Head, Clinical and Translational Sciences, Sanofi Pasteur2014 - 2015
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