Scholars@Duke
Robert J Edwards

Robert J Edwards

Associate Professor in Medicine
Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute
edwar017@duke.edu
Box 103020 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
LSRC Bldg, Rm A06, 308 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants

Structural definition of CD4-induced HIV-1 Env conformational changes required for infection

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2030

Mechanisms of Early-life Immunity Associated with HIV-1 Vaccine-induced Neutralizing Antibody Responses

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Neonatal Immunity to novel TF SHIVs

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

SOSIP-NP/mRNA combination for novel preventive and therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine regimens

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027

SHIV/HIV Env-antibody coevolution as a molecular guide to V3 glycan targeted vaccine design

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2022 - 2027

SHIV/HIV Env-Antibody Coevolution as a Guide to Iterative Vaccine Design

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2017 - 2027

Protein Production Facility

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · 2022 - 2027

Structural and biophysical studies on natural SARS-CoV-2 variants

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Structural characterization of Fab-dimerized glycan-reactive antibodies that neutralize HIV-1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

Novel Immunogens to Elicit Broadly Cross-reactive Antibodies That Target the Hemagglutinin Head Trimer Interface

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

HIV-1 vaccine-elicited antibodies target envelope glycans

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2015 - 2025

Immunogen Design of HIV Sequential Envelopes Derived from SHIV-infected Macaques

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2017 - 2023

Coronavirus Vaccine Design

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by State of North Carolina · 2020 - 2021

Structural Dynamics of Stretch Activation in Muscle

ResearchAssistant Research Professor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

Myofibrillar Structure of Striated Muscle

ResearchPD/PI · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018