mRNA vaccine technology has been around for decades and offers many benefits over traditional vaccines. Here are the basics of how they work.
Gavin Harris, MD

Gavin Harris, MD
Emory University
Gavin Harris is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory. He is trained in both infectious diseases and critical care medicine.
He completed undergraduate studies at Columbia University, attended medical school at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, all in NYC. He then undertook a dual clinical fellowship in infectious diseases and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases, a fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative, he has professional interests in disaster medicine, biosecurity, and treatments of high consequence pathogens.
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