Rafi Ahmed

Dr. Rafi Ahmed is Professor of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University School of Medicine, and Director of Emory Vaccine Center.

A member of the National Academy of Science, Dr. Ahmed is a world-renowned immunologist whose work during the past decade has been highly influential in shaping current understanding of memory T cell differentiation and anti-viral T and B cell immunity. His findings are being applied to research into therapies for the treatment of cancer and the prevention of organ rejection.

Dr. Ahmed is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminant Scholar. He completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Immunology at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. He earned his undergraduate degree from Osmania University, India, and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.