The Ragon Institute was established in 2009 with a dual mission: to contribute to the accelerated discovery of an HIV/AIDS vaccine and subsequently establish itself as a world leader in the collaborative study of immunology. Founded with a commitment of $100 million from Phillip T. (Terry) and Susan M. Ragon, and with an additional $200 million gift to endow the Institute announced on April 26, 2019, the Institute is structured and positioned to significantly contribute to a global effort to successfully develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine by:

• Creating non-traditional partnerships among experts with different but complementary backgrounds;

• Providing a means for rapidly funding promising studies;

• Integrating key facets of vaccine development efforts that have tended to follow separate tracks;

• Providing a substantial pool of accessible, flexible funding that lowers the threshold for scientists to pursue risky, unconventional avenues of study that are unlikely to attract funding from traditional sources. Such funding encourages innovation, compresses the time it takes to conduct bench-to-bedside research and attracts new minds to the field.

The Ragon Institute creates a singular opportunity and environment to engage scientists, engineers and clinicians in challenging research for which there is no greater benefit – saving lives and curing the ill.

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Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard

Kristen Massimine

Mary Carrington

Michael Waring

Jennifer Crotty

Don Pinkerton

Musie Ghebremichael

Claire Brewer

Mark Schmeissing

Marco Muñoz

Facundo Batista

The Research Team at the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard is dedicated to pioneering the discovery of an HIV/AIDS vaccine through a multidisciplinary approach. This diverse group, comprising senior scientists, postdoctoral fellows, research scholars, technologists, and technicians, engages in cutting-edge immunological research. They integrate complex areas of vaccine development, pursue innovative and high-risk studies with rapidly accessible funding, and foster collaborations among expert scientists, engineers, and clinicians to expedite bench-to-bedside research, ultimately working toward saving lives and eradicating diseases.

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