Stephen J Thomas

Stephen J Thomas is a Senior Professor at Upstate Medical University specializing in infectious diseases, vaccinology, and global health. His research focuses on vaccine safety and efficacy, including risk-benefit analyses of accelerated vaccine pathways, multiorgan outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination versus infection, and epidemiological surveillance of respiratory viruses such as RSV, hMPV, and parainfluenza. He has pioneered self-collected saliva-based immunoassays for scalable pathogen-specific immunity surveillance and conducted controlled human infection models to resolve dengue antibody dynamics at the epitope level. His work includes longitudinal viral and host RNA analyses during dengue virus infections, supported by a $2.97M award from the US Department of Defense to optimize dengue antiviral prophylaxis for military operational requirements.