Scott Halperin
{{Short description|Canadian immunologist, professor of pediatrics, microbiology, and immunology}}
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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.{{Cite web|title=COVID‑19 researcher profile: Dr. Scott Halperin|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2020/04/14/covid-19-researcher-profile--dr--scott-halperin.html|website=Dalhousie News|access-date=2020-05-17}}{{Cite web|title=» Dr. Scott Halperin|date=8 April 2013 |url=http://cirnetwork.ca/researcher/dr-scott-halperin/|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17}}{{Cite web|title=Health Canada approves first clinical trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine|url=https://rdnewsnow.com/2020/05/17/health-canada-approves-first-clinical-trial-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine/|agency=The Canadian Press|website=rdnewsnow.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Scott Halperin|url=https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/pediatrics/our-people/our-faculty/scott-halperin.html|website=Dalhousie University|access-date=2020-05-17}}
Career
Halperin's research focuses on pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases. 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.{{Cite news|author=Keith Doucette|agency=The Canadian Press|date=2020-05-17|title=Halifax lab to do COVID-19 vaccine trials|language=en-CA|work=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/halifax-lab-team-to-conduct-first-canadian-trials-for-possible-covid-19-vaccine-570544512.html|access-date=2020-05-17}} Halperin's research also focuses on public health policy in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|last=Cooke|first=Alex|date=2020-03-09|title=Dalhousie researchers get $1.9M to study coronavirus|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-researchers-coronavirus-research-1.5490864|access-date=2020-05-17}}
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.
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Category:Canadian immunologists
Category:Stanford University alumni
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