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Dr. Charles A. Knirsch is the Vice President at Pfizer Vaccines Research and Development and the Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University. Throughout his medical career as an infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist, Knirsch has worked with a number of organizations and national public health institutions, such as NIH, CDC and WHO, on a number of disease control programs. He has also published over 50 scientific publications and is the co-author of the 4th and 5th Editions of Parasitic Diseases, which is a widely used introductory text for clinicians and medical students.

Knirsch is also one of the three co-founders and five co-directors of Parasites Without Borders, a global nonprofit organization with a focus on those suffering from parasitic diseases in subtropical environments.

Research
Knirsch's research focuses on randomised controlled trials, the epidemiology of multidrug resistant tuberculosis, molecular diagnostic tests and emporiatrics.

Vaccine research publications






Parasites Without Borders
Dr. Charles Knirsch is the co-founder and one of the five co-directors of Parasites Without Borders, a global nonprofit organization founded in New York City, New York with a focus on helping those suffering from parasitic diseases in subtropical environments. The organization endeavors to reach its goal by “bringing the latest medical and basic biological information pertaining to diseases caused by eukaryotic parasites to every practicing physician and medical student within the United States."

In an effort to provide education for all those in a position to apply medical knowledge directly to populations most in need of solutions, Parasites Without Borders continues to make available, free of charge, the PDF version of Parasitic Diseases in both English and Spanish editions. Originally published in 1982, the book is a conglomeration of medical knowledge on the broad topic of parasitology and disease mechanisms, diagnostic techniques, treatments, and preventive measures.

Philip J. Rosenthal, writing for the official scientific journal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, lauded Parasites Without Borders for its efforts to “disseminate the book widely at no cost” and recommended the Parasitic Diseases as an appropriate text for students, senior parasitologists and other professionals that are seriously interested in the study of parasitology.

In addition to Charles Knirsch, four other co-directors of Parasites Without Borders include Peter Hotez, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello, all of whom are scientists with a lifetime of experience in studying parasitic diseases.