Epidemiology & Community Health
School of Public Health
Twin Cities
Award Year
2019
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Research Title
Protecting individuals and communities: Maximizing the impact of vaccines to prevent deadly infectious diseases
No Monument Location
Vaccines are among the most successful prevention strategies. Yet, worldwide, hundreds of millions suffer and many die from vaccine-preventable diseases. Nicole Basta generates novel data under challenging conditions to maximize the effectiveness of vaccines and the impact of vaccination programs. She combines methods from epidemiology, immunology, and ecology to evaluate immune responses to vaccines and to increase public confidence in, and global access to, life-saving vaccines. Her research directly guides infectious disease prevention policies.