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CCfV is made possible by a continuing collaboration of Dalhousie University, the IWK Health Centre, and Capital Health. Te CCfV’s 20,000 square foot facility in the IWK Health Centre includes laboratories for microbiological and molecular research, ambulatory and inpatient clinical trial facilities, data analysis, training and conference space. It was founded in 2007 with fnancial assistance from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust, and the Government of Nova Scotia’s Department of Economic Development, among others. Te Clinical Research/Vaccine Challenge Unit, which opened in 2009, was made possible by additional funding from Sanof Pasteur. Cover Photo Marika Warren, husband Alex Brodsky and son Benjamin, clinical study participants, with Joanne Langley at the announcement of the CIHR-GSK Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology