Drishya B. Kurup, PhD
Research Instructor
Contact Information
233 S Tenth Street
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Suite 509B
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Research Instructor
Education
PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
MS, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
Fellowship
Vaccines, Virology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
- Inactivated rabies-based Lassa fever virus vaccine candidate LASSARAB protects nonhuman primates from lethal disease
- Toward the Development of a Pan-Lyssavirus Vaccine
- Effects of adjuvants in a rabies-vectored Ebola virus vaccine on protection from surrogate challenge
- Inactivated rabies-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine provides long-term immune response unaffected by vector immunity
- Measles-based Zika vaccine induces long-term immunity and requires NS1 antibodies to protect the female reproductive tract
Research & Clinical Interests
We use viral vectors, such as Measles, Rabies, and VSV vaccine strains, to develop vaccines against emergent infectious diseases.