Julie Ledgerwood

Julie E. Ledgerwood is an American allergist and immunologist, who is the chief medical officer and chief of the Clinical Trials Program at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Ledgerwood leads clinical trials and clinical collaborations for the VRC; and has served as principal investigator, protocol chair, or associate investigator for over 60 Phase 1-2b clinical trials studying vaccines and monoclonal antibodies targeting pathogens such as HIV, influenza, Ebola, malaria, Chikungunya, and Zika in over 13 countries. She led the first human trial aimed at testing a vaccine for Ebola virus and the first evaluation of mAb114, a monoclonal antibody targeting Ebola.

For the past 15 years, she has conducted research with numerous academic research teams and has led international vaccine research collaborations. Ledgerwood has authored textbook chapters and over 85 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Education Ledgerwood graduated from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma and received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. The Guardian, NPR, and The New York Times.