Scott Halperin
Vice-Chair
Management Team
PREVENT PanProvincial Vaccine Enterprise Inc
Brazil
Biography
Dr. Scott Halperin is extensively involved in research and education pertaining to infectious diseases. He has lived in Halifax since 1985 where he is the Director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie University, and the Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Halperin was educated in the United States, completing his undergraduate degree in Biology at Stanford University and his medical degree at Cornell University. His postgraduate residency training was in pediatrics at the University of Virginia and his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Virginia and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Halperin is a former Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Clinical Research Chair in Vaccines. His research focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
Research Interest
Immunology, Vaccines
