Dr. Rand's research interests include clinical studies of biliary atresia and studies of immunization, immune suppression, and long-term outcome after transplantation. Her basic science interests in liver development and fibrosis are carried out as collaborations with scientists who utilize the liver tissue bank.
A group of prominent vaccine researchers, including The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute's chief scientific officer, Philip R. Johnson, MD, and the University of Pennsylvania's Stanley Plotkin, MD, recently called for a "human vaccines project" to accelerate the development of vaccines to prevent "major global killers such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases."
