for a similarly named research institutions see centre for infectious disease research in zambia and center for infectious disease research and policy . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message center for infectious disease research type non profit organization industry biomedical research global health infectious disease founded 1976 headquarters seattle washington key people ken stuart president founder number of employees 250 website http www.seattlebiomed.org center for infectious disease research formerly known as seattle biomed seattle biomedical research institute or sbri is the largest independent non profit organization in the united states focused solely on infectious disease discovery research . the mission of seattle biomed s 250 employees is to eliminate the world s most devastating infectious diseases through leadership in scientific discovery . seattle biomed is headquartered and has research labs in the south lake union area of seattle wa . seattle biomed s research focuses on four areas of infectious disease hiv aids malaria tuberculosis tb and emerging & neglected diseases end like african sleeping sickness leishmaniasis chagas disease and toxoplasmosis . seattle biomed is engaged in early stages of the scientific pipeline including bench science and malaria clinical trials and has expertise in immunology vaccinology and drug discovery . contents 1 history 2 current research 3 education & training 4 references 5 external links history edit seattle biomed headquarters on westlake avenue in 1976 founders ruth w. shearer ph.d. and kenneth stuart ph.d. set up a research laboratory in issaquah wa . originally called the issaquah group for health and environmental research the name was soon changed to issaquah biomedical research institute . scientists at the institute studied parasites including ones that cause malaria and african sleeping sickness . in 1986 the institute relocated to seattle washington to enhance its scientific programs and became seattle biomedical research institute . 1 in january 2012 alan aderem ph.d. became president of seattle biomed only the second in its 36 year history with dr. stuart remaining in an active role as president emeritus and founder . as part of the institute s plan for scientific expansion dr. aderem is leading the implementation of integrating systems biology approaches to understanding infectious disease . 2 current research edit seattle biomed performs research on four areas of infectious disease hiv aids malaria tuberculosis tb and emerging & neglected diseases end like african sleeping sickness leishmaniasis chagas disease and toxoplasmosis . seattle is a hub for global health research and in july 2012 seattle magazine honored two seattle biomed leaders dr. stuart and theresa britschgi director of bioquest as top docs for the work they re doing in research and scientific training . 3 as part of a broad global initiative to fight malaria seattle biomed developed its malaria program in 2000 with an initial grant from the bill & melinda gates foundation . with a three pronged approach seattle biomed s malaria program is focused on vaccine discovery for pregnancy malaria severe malaria in children and liver stage malaria . in 2005 seattle biomed received two grand challenges in global health grants to accelerate its malaria research . 4 and in 2011 seattle biomed was granted another 9 million from the foundation to support malaria vaccine efforts . 5 in 2010 dr. stefan kappe developed his own malaria vaccine candidate which is a weakened form of the malaria parasite and that vaccine candidate is undergoing clinical trials at walter reed near washington d.c. 6 soon after in collaboration with path s malaria vaccine initiative seattle biomed became home to one of four malaria clinical trial centers in the world where treatments and vaccines can be safely tested in humans using the human challenge model . 7 education & training edit one education program offered by seattle biomed to engage and mobilize the next generation of scientists is bioquest academy a biomedical boot camp for 11th graders with over 60 hours two weeks of intensive instruction through a global health curriculum . 8 bioquest academy is a stem pipeline and sometimes even hooks students into science by accident . 9 in fact according to plos one s 2010 journal article 97 % of alumni 2005 2008 are attending postsecondary schools throughout north america ; eight graduates have already published scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and or presented their scientific data at national and international meetings and 26 have been retained by seattle biomed researchers as compensated technicians and interns . 10 references edit http humanosphere.kplu.org 2011 06 working class kid builds a world class research institute in seattle after starting in a strip mall http www.genomeweb.com alan aderem joins ken stuarts seattle biomedical research institute http seattlemag.com gallery top doctors 2012 global health awards http www.grandchallenges.org pages gcghgrantsawarded.aspx tdate grand % 20challenges % 20grants % 20 % e2 % 80 % 93 % 20may % 202005 http www.xconomy.com seattle 2011 04 27 seattle biomed nabs 9m gates foundation grant to develop malaria vaccines http www.nature.com nature journal v484 n7395 supp full 484s24a.html http www.xconomy.com seattle 2010 03 26 nine years in the making seattle biomeds malaria vaccine on verge of first human trial http www.nsta.org publications news story.aspx id 58034 & print true http humanosphere.org 2012 04 hooked on science by accident kimberly choi puts it to work in the global community http www.plosone.org article info % 3adoi % 2f10 .1371 % 2fjournal . pone .0013814 external links edit seattle biomedical research institute bioquest bioquest academy coordinates 47 37 16 n 122 20 20 w 47.62111 n 122.33889 w 47.62111 ; 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