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Athens News Matters: How a Vaccine Is Developed

How exactly is a vaccine developed? University of Georgia pharmacy professors Scott Pegan, PBS Associate Professor and Director of the Drug Discovery Center, and Grace Gowda, Director of the International Biomedical Regulatory Sciences Program joined Chris Shupe to talk about how vaccines are developed, tested and approved, and whether the process can be expedited safely. 

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.