Wilbur H. Chen, MD, MS
Director, ICTR Studios Program
Co-Director, ICTR Internal K Mentored Career Development Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Phone: 410-706-5328
Email: wchen@som.umaryland.edu
Dr. Chen is an adult infectious disease physician-scientist with a specific interest in developing vaccines. He is Chief of the Adult Clinical Studies section within the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health and Director of the UMB Travel Medicine Practice. His research is concentrated on two broad areas of global health. First, he is devoted to developing vaccines for enteric pathogens, infectious diseases chiefly of resource poor and economically disadvantaged countries and populations. Second, he is interested in improved vaccines for the elderly, a rapidly growing segment of the global population which is susceptible to many infections and a special population that generally responds poorly to vaccination.
