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Susan Baldwin, PhD
Senior Scientist / Principle Investigator
Susan Baldwin is a Senior Scientist and Principle Investigator at the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI). Dr. Baldwin has been at IDRI for over six years and currently works on projects related to development of next-generation vaccines against infectious diseases. Her research involves preclinical immunology and efficacy of vaccines against H5N1 pandemic influenza, malaria, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis using mouse, ferret and guinea pig models.
One of the pandemic influenza projects Susan focuses on is development of an effective virus like particle (VLP) vaccine given intradermally, using microneedle technology. The other two pandemic influenza projects focus on the efficacy of recombinant protein and VLP pandemic influenza vaccines combined with IDRI’s adjuvant technology. Similar to these projects, IDRI’s subunit tuberculosis vaccine, ID93, also utilizes adjuvants that induce a cell-mediated immune response, which is required for protection against M. tuberculosis infection in low dose aerosol models of TB.
Dr. Baldwin received her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. She completed her doctorate work in Dr. Ian Orme’s laboratory where she focused on the development of several novel vaccines against M. tuberculosis.
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