Puck Pelzer | Associate director
IAVI
Puck is an epidemiologist with experience in TB Epidemiology, with a special focus on TB vaccine research. Puck is Associate Director, Epidemiology at IAVI. In this role, her primary focus is on epidemiological research to support IAVI’s TB pillar, including the late-stage development of MTBVAC. Puck previously worked at KNCV TB Foundation, where she led TB vaccine projects, and provided technical support for international projects, using advanced methodologies for data analysis and mathematical modelling. Puck is an active member of expert panels, including the World Health Organization’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for tuberculosis vaccine introduction and the Stop TB partnership’s working group on New TB Vaccines.
Puck holds an MSc degree in public health with distinction and PhD in Medicine through the University of Amsterdam in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Appearances:
Day 2 (21st October) @ 14:30
Panel: Why Is TB Still Stuck? Applying Respiratory Vaccine Innovation to the Top Infectious Killer
- How must clinical trial design evolve to support the next generation of respiratory vaccines, and what lessons from RSV, COVID and influenza can be applied to TB to shorten timelines without compromising rigor?
- How can new biomarkers and digital diagnostics help us identify high-risk patients earlier and improve trial efficiency for TB and other respiratory pathogens?
- TB is often treated as a "neglected" disease. How do we shift the narrative to make TB a core respiratory vaccine priority for global health security and private-sector investment?
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