Margaret A. Liu
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Margaret A. Liu (born June 11, 1956)[1] is a physician and researcher studying gene expression, immune responses, and vaccines. From 2015 to 2017, Liu served as president of the International Society of Vaccines.[2] She is currently a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a foreign adjunct professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.[2] Since June 7, 2017, she has been a director of Ipsen S.A. in France.[3][4]
She is a founder of the field of DNA-based vaccines,[5][6][7][8][9] and studies both plasmid DNA and mRNA vaccine technologies.[10] She was the first researcher to provide evidence that gene-based immunization could protect against infectious diseases such as influenza, tuberculosis, HPV, and HIV. In addition to her work with animal models, she was involved with the first trial of a gene-based influenza vaccine in humans.[6] In 2002, Discover magazine recognized Liu as one of the 50 most important women in science.[11]