Tracy J. Ruckwardt, Ph.D.

Chief, Respiratory Viruses Core

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Education: Ph.D., 2003, University of Maryland, Baltimore

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Biography

Dr. Tracy Ruckwardt obtained her Ph.D. in 2003, then joined the laboratory of Dr. Barney Graham at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) as a postdoctoral researcher. She is currently a Staff Scientist and Chief of the Respiratory Viruses Core at the VRC, where her research focuses on respiratory viruses and emerging infectious diseases. Her interests are vaccine development, induction of adaptive immune responses following infection or vaccination, developmental immunity, and host/pathogen interactions.