“In this kind, beautiful way, he’s created a culture of diversity and community that I hope has permeated our entire organization. Larry Corey, who founded and leads the HVTN. “He’s a gift,” said past Fred Hutch president and director Dr. Starting in 2000 as one of the first core employees hired, he has logged countless miles to bridge differences among cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations and scientists and nonscientists - whatever it takes to assemble the giant village needed to find an HIV vaccine. Diversity, Equity and Reduction of Health Disparitiesįred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Steven Wakefield will be one of five grand marshals in the 2018 Seattle Pride Parade on June 24, an honor that is especially fitting given this year’s theme, “Pride Beyond Borders.”īy his count, Wakefield has crossed many borders, traveling to 27 countries as external relations director for the Hutch-headquartered HIV Vaccine Trials Network, a National Institutes of Health–funded global group of scientists, educators and community volunteers working to develop an HIV vaccine.Immunotherapy, Data Science, and the Steam Plant.Institutional Partners & Collaborations.Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division.
