Ofer Levy
@droferlevy.bsky.social
Physician-scientist; Director, @PrecVaccines.bsky.social; Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Many thanks to Rob Stein of @NPR.org for interviewing me re Alum #adjuvant and optimization of #vaccines: www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Public health experts wary as Trump administration takes aim at aluminum in vaccines
The Trump administration is considering removing aluminum from vaccines, a move opposed by most public health experts.
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Many thanks to Rob Stein of @NPR.org for interviewing me re Alum #adjuvant and optimization of #vaccines: www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Honored to serve on a panel on vaccines for special populations with Drs Rosa Gini of VAC4EU & Dr Michael Caldwell at World Vaccine Congress Amsterdam @precvaccines.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Honored to serve on a panel on vaccines for special populations with Drs Rosa Gini of VAC4EU & Dr Michael Caldwell at World Vaccine Congress Amsterdam @precvaccines.bsky.social
Exciting update re International Precision #Vaccines Conference, Burlington, Vermont, 08-09 OCT 2025! New abstract deadline *24 SEP 2025*. @precvaccines.bsky.social convenes experts to discuss "Vaccines at a CrossRoads: Precision Vaccinology as a New Paradigm": www.precisionvaccinesconference.org
2025 International Precision Vaccines Conference 2025 | Burlington, VT
The International Precision Vaccines Conference will be held October 8-9, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. Addressing emerging pathogens and diseases, this conference gathers experts in vaccinology and im...
www.precisionvaccinesconference.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Exciting update re International Precision #Vaccines Conference, Burlington, Vermont, 08-09 OCT 2025! New abstract deadline *24 SEP 2025*. @precvaccines.bsky.social convenes experts to discuss "Vaccines at a CrossRoads: Precision Vaccinology as a New Paradigm": www.precisionvaccinesconference.org
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Our collaborators identify chief predictor of #covid19 severity + death. Many authors include members of #IMPACC network: @rrmsky.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @sesmalab.bsky.social
@joanndarce.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/med...
@joanndarce.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Baseline predictors for 28-day COVID-19 severity and mortality among hospitalized patients: results from the IMPACC study
IntroductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic threatened public health and placed a significant burden on medical resources. The Immunophenoty...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our collaborators identify chief predictor of #covid19 severity + death. Many authors include members of #IMPACC network: @rrmsky.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @sesmalab.bsky.social
@joanndarce.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/med...
@joanndarce.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social
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PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was featured in Smithsonian Magazine last week, sharing expert insights on #COVID-19 vaccines.
www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/six...
www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/six...
Six Questions About Covid-19 Vaccines, Answered
Recent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was featured in Smithsonian Magazine last week, sharing expert insights on #COVID-19 vaccines.
www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/six...
www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/six...
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PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was interviewed by Michael Rosenfield at NBC News regarding the new #CDC #vaccine recommendations: www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...
Health experts weigh in on impact of CDC changing COVID vaccine recommendations
The CDC will no longer recommend the COVID vaccine for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced.
www.nbcboston.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was interviewed by Michael Rosenfield at NBC News regarding the new #CDC #vaccine recommendations: www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...
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@droferlevy.bsky.social, PVP Director, was quoted in @theatlantic.com by @katherinejwu.com about how the new #FDA framework for #COVIDvaccines will impact children: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@droferlevy.bsky.social, PVP Director, was quoted in @theatlantic.com by @katherinejwu.com about how the new #FDA framework for #COVIDvaccines will impact children: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation!
PVP members Drs Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga Smolen, and @droferlevy.bsky.social collaborated with Troy Martin at Fred Hutchinson in developing an HVTN clinical trial of an infant HIV vaccine. www.jci.org/articles/vie... #HelpEndHIV
PVP members Drs Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga Smolen, and @droferlevy.bsky.social collaborated with Troy Martin at Fred Hutchinson in developing an HVTN clinical trial of an infant HIV vaccine. www.jci.org/articles/vie... #HelpEndHIV
JCI -
Safety and implementation of phase 1 randomized GLA-SE-adjuvanted CH505TF gp120 HIV vaccine trial in newborns
www.jci.org
May 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation!
PVP members Drs Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga Smolen, and @droferlevy.bsky.social collaborated with Troy Martin at Fred Hutchinson in developing an HVTN clinical trial of an infant HIV vaccine. www.jci.org/articles/vie... #HelpEndHIV
PVP members Drs Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga Smolen, and @droferlevy.bsky.social collaborated with Troy Martin at Fred Hutchinson in developing an HVTN clinical trial of an infant HIV vaccine. www.jci.org/articles/vie... #HelpEndHIV
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Thanks for the 📷 of @droferlevy.bsky.social @donnafarber.bsky.social Bali Pulendran, yourself, and others!
Power to the @hipcproject.bsky.social community. Aloha.
Power to the @hipcproject.bsky.social community. Aloha.
Wonderful to catch up with friends and colleagues at #aai2025. Ofer Levy, Mercy Prabhudas, Donna Farber, me, and Bali Pulendran. Adding @lucasite-lab.bsky.social in the second one!
May 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks for the 📷 of @droferlevy.bsky.social @donnafarber.bsky.social Bali Pulendran, yourself, and others!
Power to the @hipcproject.bsky.social community. Aloha.
Power to the @hipcproject.bsky.social community. Aloha.
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@precvaccines.bsky.social Director @droferlevy.bsky.social was quoted today in the @nytimes.com by Christina Jewett regarding the new #HHS policy on placebo-controlled #vaccine trials: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters (Gift Article)
The agency suggested that clinical trials in humans may be required for updated Covid shots, raising questions about whether they will be available in the fall.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@precvaccines.bsky.social Director @droferlevy.bsky.social was quoted today in the @nytimes.com by Christina Jewett regarding the new #HHS policy on placebo-controlled #vaccine trials: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
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Vaccinology: Getting our modernization act together. Viewpoint from Ofer Levy (@droferlevy.bsky.social) @precvaccines.bsky.social on the implications of the new FDA Modernization Act 2.0 for accelerating drug and #vaccine discovery and development. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#PrecVaccinesNetwork
#PrecVaccinesNetwork
April 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Vaccinology: Getting our modernization act together. Viewpoint from Ofer Levy (@droferlevy.bsky.social) @precvaccines.bsky.social on the implications of the new FDA Modernization Act 2.0 for accelerating drug and #vaccine discovery and development. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#PrecVaccinesNetwork
#PrecVaccinesNetwork
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PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social , reflects on how @fda.gov Modernization Act 2.0 will enhance and accelerate precision drug and vaccine development via human in vitro modeling, systems biology & artificial intelligence #AI as published in @jem.org #Vaccines rupress.org/jem/article/...
Vaccinology: Getting our modernization act together | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Ofer Levy, Director, Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, reflects on implications of the new FDA Modernization Act 2.0 on acceleratin
rupress.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social , reflects on how @fda.gov Modernization Act 2.0 will enhance and accelerate precision drug and vaccine development via human in vitro modeling, systems biology & artificial intelligence #AI as published in @jem.org #Vaccines rupress.org/jem/article/...
The @precvaccines.bsky.social team is setting up and looking forward to World Vaccine Conference in Washington DC #WVC2025 @vaccinenation
April 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The @precvaccines.bsky.social team is setting up and looking forward to World Vaccine Conference in Washington DC #WVC2025 @vaccinenation
Today is the Boston Marathon please help us teach our fundraising goal to support @Precvaccines research: secure.childrenshospital.org/site/TR/Acti...
Boston Marathon 2025: Support me fundraising for Boston Children's Hospital
I've joined the Miles for Miracles team because I am passionate about helping kids at Boston Children’s Hospital find lifesaving care, and give families hope. Will you help me reach my fundraising goa...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today is the Boston Marathon please help us teach our fundraising goal to support @Precvaccines research: secure.childrenshospital.org/site/TR/Acti...
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@droferlevy.bsky.social, PVP Director, is speaking at the World Vaccine Congress Washington on April 21-24, 2025!
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#WVCDC #WorldVaccineCongress
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#WVCDC #WorldVaccineCongress
March 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@droferlevy.bsky.social, PVP Director, is speaking at the World Vaccine Congress Washington on April 21-24, 2025!
Register today using code BCH25 and save 25%!
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#WVCDC #WorldVaccineCongress
Register today using code BCH25 and save 25%!
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#WVCDC #WorldVaccineCongress
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That's our IMPACC, a collaboration, including some of the following: @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social + others
Our site
immunespace.org
Our site
immunespace.org
March 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That's our IMPACC, a collaboration, including some of the following: @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social + others
Our site
immunespace.org
Our site
immunespace.org
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Our collaborators identify #allele of MTHFR that increases risk of severe #COVID_19 in preprint.
Part of huge collaboration known as IMPACC. #IDSky
#ImmuneSky
@droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Part of huge collaboration known as IMPACC. #IDSky
#ImmuneSky
@droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
An Allele of the MTHFR one-carbon metabolism gene predicts severity of COVID-19
While the public health burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection has lessened due to natural and vaccine-acquired immunity, the emergence of less virulent variants, and antiviral medications, COVID-19 continues...
www.medrxiv.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our collaborators identify #allele of MTHFR that increases risk of severe #COVID_19 in preprint.
Part of huge collaboration known as IMPACC. #IDSky
#ImmuneSky
@droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Part of huge collaboration known as IMPACC. #IDSky
#ImmuneSky
@droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social @rrmsky.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Out now! Product & trial design considerations for an opioid vaccine in NPJ Vaccines with Drs Elissa Weitzman, David Dowling, and @droferlevy.bsky.social. #EndOverdose #OpioidCrisis #opioid www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Product and trial design considerations on the path towards a vaccine to combat opioid overdose - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Product and trial design considerations on the path towards a vaccine to combat opioid overdose
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Out now! Product & trial design considerations for an opioid vaccine in NPJ Vaccines with Drs Elissa Weitzman, David Dowling, and @droferlevy.bsky.social. #EndOverdose #OpioidCrisis #opioid www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our collaborators identify multi-omic factor that predicts #LongCovid
Among 50+ authors include @sesmalab.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social
@slimfourati.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @leying2024.bsky.social
#IDsky #MedSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Among 50+ authors include @sesmalab.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social
@slimfourati.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @leying2024.bsky.social
#IDsky #MedSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Identification of a multi-omics factor predictive of long COVID in the IMPACC study
Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, ∼10-35% of COVID-19 patients experience long COVID (LC), in which often debilitating symptoms persist for at least three months. Elucidating the biologic underpinnings ...
www.biorxiv.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our collaborators identify multi-omic factor that predicts #LongCovid
Among 50+ authors include @sesmalab.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social
@slimfourati.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @leying2024.bsky.social
#IDsky #MedSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Among 50+ authors include @sesmalab.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social
@slimfourati.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @leying2024.bsky.social
#IDsky #MedSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was interviewed by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social at NBC News regarding efforts to develop a #birdflu vaccine: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As bird flu concerns grow, scientists race to develop new vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday awarded $590 million in funding to Moderna in part to fast-track the development of an mRNA bird flu vaccine.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
PVP Director, @droferlevy.bsky.social, was interviewed by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social at NBC News regarding efforts to develop a #birdflu vaccine: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Our collaborators find distinct #COVID19 dysregulation in sold organ #transplant recipients. #multiomic profiling including #microbiome
Authors include @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social and others
@naturecomms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Authors include @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social and others
@naturecomms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Host-microbe multiomic profiling identifies distinct COVID-19 immune dysregulation in solid organ transplant recipients - Nature Communications
Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of infectious disease and have unique molecular pathophysiology. Here the authors use host-microbe profiling to assess SARS-CoV-2 infection...
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our collaborators find distinct #COVID19 dysregulation in sold organ #transplant recipients. #multiomic profiling including #microbiome
Authors include @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social and others
@naturecomms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Authors include @skleinstein.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social and others
@naturecomms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PVP Director @droferlevy.bsky.social met with members from the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting to discuss #PAS2026, which will be held in #Boston! 🏙️ #PASMeeting
December 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
PVP Director @droferlevy.bsky.social met with members from the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting to discuss #PAS2026, which will be held in #Boston! 🏙️ #PASMeeting
We should be mindful of the value of polio immunization: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
What the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health
A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the F.D.A. to withdraw approval of the current shot because it hasn’t been tested against a placebo. Scientists say such a test would be unethical...
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
We should be mindful of the value of polio immunization: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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The 4th International Precision Vaccines Conference #IPVC2023 focused on biomarkers of vaccine safety and efficacy. In a recent article, Drs Donato Amodio, Asimenia Angelidou, Amy Sherman, @droferlevy.bsky.social and Paolo Palma highlight the importance of #precisionvaccines: shorturl.at/VSWJa
https://sciencedirect.com/scien…
December 12, 2024 at 3:18 PM
The 4th International Precision Vaccines Conference #IPVC2023 focused on biomarkers of vaccine safety and efficacy. In a recent article, Drs Donato Amodio, Asimenia Angelidou, Amy Sherman, @droferlevy.bsky.social and Paolo Palma highlight the importance of #precisionvaccines: shorturl.at/VSWJa
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Our collaborators designed an #immune health metric, a way of calculating the state of the #system. Study from earlier this year. Authors include @tsanglab.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social
#IDSky #MedSky @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #MedSky @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A unified metric of human immune health - Nature Medicine
A multimodal analysis of patients with 22 different immune-mediated monogenic diseases versus matched healthy controls leads to the development of the immune health metric, which could be implemented ...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Our collaborators designed an #immune health metric, a way of calculating the state of the #system. Study from earlier this year. Authors include @tsanglab.bsky.social @skleinstein.bsky.social
#IDSky #MedSky @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #MedSky @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...