Opinion: The Enduring Value of University Innovation

A guest essay outlining important milestones in sponsored research includes Nobel Laureates Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research and Katalin Karikó, PhD, an adjunct professor of Neurosurgery. Their pioneering work led to the development mRNA as a novel COVID vaccine platform that saved countless lives while leading to additional treatments and preventing future pandemics.