Dr. Moody is Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology at Duke and an experienced clinician in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. He serves as the principal investigator of the Duke CIVIC Vaccine Center (DCVC) at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. The DCVC is one of three vaccine discovery centers in the NIH-funded Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers program which is working to develop the next generation of influenza vaccines. Dr. Moody also is the co-principal investigator of the coordinating center for the Centers for Research of Emerging Infectious Disease (CREID) which is tasked with tracking and responding to emerging infectious disease threats around the world. He also is co-principal investigator of a program grant working to develop a vaccine against syphilis. Dr. Moody obtained his MD from Duke University School of Medicine in 1999 after which he trained in Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine before returning to Duke to train in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. He joined the faculty at Duke in 2006 where he performs both clinical and basic science research. His primary basic science research interest is the B cell response to vaccination, infection, and autoimmune disease.
