Prof. Lars Hviid

Prof. Hviid is a Professor at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen. He has conducted research on the immunology and pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria since the late 1980s. Prof. Hviid’s research is mostly based on field studies in Africa – mainly in Sudan and Ghana. In 1991, he co-founded the Centre for Medical Parasitology (CMP) in Copenhagen, which has grown since to becoming a leading hub of European malaria research.

For more than 20 years, his research has been focused mainly on the role of clonally variant parasite antigens, in particular PfEMPl, in malaria pathogenesis and as targets of naturally acquired protective immunity to the disease. Research capacity building and collaboration with colleagues in Africa has been an integral part of his research activities throughout. Prof. Hviid is an international faculty member at the West-African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana. His laboratory participates in the Legacy project of the Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS). Prof. Hviid is Fellow of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH, Class of 2013) and Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (Class of 2019).