Dr. Melanie Higgins Provide a brief synopsis of your education and research/career interests. I completed my PhD at the University of Victoria in Canada, where I investigated host glycan metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae and studied their roles in pathogenesis. From there, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Adelaide in Australia, where I continued my research on pneumococcal pathogenesis and characterized potential vaccine targets. I then pursued a second postdoctoral position at the University of British Columbia in … Continue reading New Faculty Spotlight