American Legion and Auxiliary Heart Research Foundation Professor
University of Minnesota Medical School
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dr. Mark R. Schleiss, Professor of Pediatrics, holds the American Legion Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School. His laboratory studies vaccines for prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection. As a practicing clinician, he provides expertise in the evaluation and management of cCMV. He has active collaborations with the UMN Lions Children's Hearing and ENT Center, and the UMN Department of Audiology. His research program is funded by the NIH and the CDC, and he is engaged in advocacy for universal cCMV screening. His work with the Minnesota Legislature, in collaboration with families who have children with cCMV, led to successful passage in 2021 of the "Vivian Act", legislation that enabled universal screening. Minnesota subsequently became the first state in the USA to adopt universal cCMV screening in 2023. He is also the principal investigator of a CDC-funded MAT-LINK site in Minnesota engaged in cCMV surveillance (https://ctsi.umn.edu/news/ctsi-part-team-studying-follow-infants-cmv-infections).
Friday, April 19, 2024
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM EST
Disclosure(s): Moderna Vaccines: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)