Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Vaccines 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Carina Joe.

Dr. Carina Joe is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development focusing on viral vector vaccines at the University of Oxford. She has been working as the lead scientist in process development for large-scale cGMP manufacturing of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which the team managed to develop in record time. Their manufacturing technology has been transferred to multiple GMP manufacturing facilities around the world, enabling clinical trials and global vaccine supply at cost to dozens of countries. As of October 2021, more than 2 billion doses of the vaccine have been administered around the world, saving millions of lives. She has been awarded the People of the Year Award 2021 in the category “Scientific Breakthrough” by Metro TV. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Carina Joe on her outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Carina Joe will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2023 in Vaccines after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Ralph A. Tripp
Editor-in-Chief, Vaccines