Meagan Deming

Dr. Meagan Deming is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, affiliated with the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. She is a board-certified Infectious Disease specialist and active investigator in the CIVICs network, focusing on respiratory viruses including coronaviruses and influenza.

• Education:
  • BA in Biology, Swarthmore College (2006)
  • PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2013)
  • MD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2015)
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Maryland School of Medicine (2021)

Research Interests include respiratory virus immunology, vaccine development, controlled human infection models, and therapeutics. She leads the SNIFF study on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections and develops seasonal coronavirus challenge models.

Selected Scientific Awards:

• 2024 Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award
• 2023 IDCRC Early Career Investigator of the Year
• 2022 Passano Clinician-Scholar
• 2018 Fellow Teacher of the Year, University of Maryland

Current Grants:

• NIH K08AI170950 (2023-2027): Controlled human infection models for betacoronavirus OC43
• CEPI MusiCC Project (2024-2027): Co-investigator for betacoronavirus models
• NIH 75N93023C00019 (2023-2028): Sub-award PI for multivalent mucosal SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
• IDCRC New Investigator Pilot Award (2021-2022): Seasonal coronavirus immunity

She teaches medical students, residents, and fellows on the transplant infectious disease consult service.