Dr. Hana M. El Sahly is a Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). She is an attending infectious diseases physician at Ben Taub Hospital, an investigator at BCM’s Vaccine Research Center, and Principal Investigator of BCM’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit. She currently serves as chair of the FDA Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.
Her research focuses on clinical vaccine development for healthy populations, as well as for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, individuals infected with HIV, and those at risk of HIV acquisition. Her work includes developing vaccines against respiratory pathogens, particularly influenza, biodefense agents, and malaria, as well as therapeutics targeting pathogens of significant public health concern.