Nadine Rouphael, MD

Dr. Rouphael is the interim director of the Hope Clinic, which is the clinical arm of the Emory Vaccine Center. She is a physician scientist with expertise in all phases of clinical trials for vaccine, diagnostic, device, antimicrobial resistance, PK/PD, epidemiology, human challenge model and translational immunology studies. Over the past 11 years, she has served as the national chair/co-chair as well as lead PI/site PI of 50 protocols and as a co-investigator for more than 120 trials addressing a variety of infectious diseases priorities in diverse populations.

She serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) for the NIAID-funded Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) and the PI of the Clinical Core for the NIAID-funded Emory Human Immunology Project Consortium (HIPC) where she serves as the national chair for the HIPC clinical subcommittee and as a member of the HIPC scientific steering committee. She is the associate director of the Emory T32 vaccinology training grant and joint PI for the Emory Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (stARR) program. Her clinical interests are HIV, hemophagocytic sydrome and C diff.   

Infectious Diseases Society of America

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Research Citation Award (Clinical), Emory University Department of Medicine, 2018.
Research Citation Award (Clinical), Emory University Department of Medicine, 2014.
Robert Austrian Research Award in the prevention of pneumococcal disease through research to discover, develop, and evaluate new and improved vaccines, delivery systems and vaccination strategies. 9th International Symposium on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal Diseases-India 2014.
“Jonas A Shulman” Teacher of the Year Award, Emory University Infectious Diseases Division, 2012-2013.
American Federation for Medical Research Trainee Travel Award, New Orleans, LA, 2008.
Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Travel Award, Chicago, IL, 2007.
First prize winner of Research Poster Competition 
American College of Physicians meeting, Savannah, GA March 11-13, 2005
J Willis Hurst fellow teaching award  Fellow of the Year, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2004-2005
J Willis Hurst resident achievement award Resident of the Year, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2003-2004
Scholarship of the City of Lyon, France, 2001-2002
Hariri Foundation Scholarship 1994-2001