Faculty

Anna Wald

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

206-520-4340

Education

MD Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, 1985
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1994
BA Comparative Religion, Wesleyan University, 1979

Contact

206-520-4340

University of Washington
Box 359928
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Wald's current research centers on the epidemiology and natural history of chronic viral infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. She is also working on clinical trials of antiviral therapeutics and prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for viral pathogens. Other ongoing studies address the interaction between sexually transmitted infections and microbiome.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

The safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of the self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine GRT-R910 as a booster in healthy adults.
(2026 Apr 2)
Vaccine 77(): 128358
Whitaker JA, Rebolledo PA, Abate G, Babu TM, Rouphael NG, Wald A, El Sahly HM, Jooss K, Hart MG, Makowski M, Mu J, Carmack A, Archer JI, Roberts PC, Makhene M, Posavad CM, McElrath MJ, De Rosa SC, Coler R, Montefiori D, Eaton A, Suthar MS, Atmar RL, Hoft DF, DMID 20-0034 Study Team
Dynamics analysis of neonatal CPAP devices neopuff and inspire rPAP: Investigating pressure stability and work of breathing in anatomically realistic airway models.
(2026 Apr)
Respir Physiol Neurobiol 341(): 104530
Berger M, Leusmann E, Senfter T, Käferböck AS, Wald M, Pillei M
Safety and immunogenicity of investigational herpes simplex virus-2 vaccines in adults with recurrent genital infection.
(2025 Oct 24)
Vaccine 65(): 127821
Laing KJ, Sholukh AM, MacPhee KJ, McClurkan CL, Pagnon A, Ruiz J, Bchir S, Oualim A, Hyrien O, Corey L, Wald A, Gurunathan S, Noriega F, Coronel D, Koelle DM
Anti-spike IgG4 and Fc effector responses: The impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine platform-specific priming and immune imprinting.
(2025 Aug)
J Infect 91(2): 106543
Kalkeri R, Zhu M, Cloney-Clark S, Parekh A, Gorinson D, Cai Z, Cai MR, Mahato S, Chau G, Babu TM, Wald A, Ramanathan P, Aurelia LC, Selva KJ, Marchese AM, Fries L, Dunkle LM, Chung AW, Plested JS
Immunization with full-length TprC variants induces a broad response to surface-exposed epitopes of the Treponema pallidum repeat protein family and is partially protective in the rabbit model of syphilis.
(2025 Aug 13)
Vaccine 61(): 127406
Giacani L, Romeis E, Haynes A, Molini BJ, Tantalo LC, Xu LH, Trejos AT, Keane J, Mohamed Z, Armstrong TD, Wieland BA, Phung Q, Vyshenska D, Campbell VL, Godornes C, Koelle DM, Reid TB, Wang Y, Vorobieva AA, Wald A, Lieberman NAP, Greninger AL
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