Co-Chairs
Department of Medicine
The response of Macrophages and Dendritic cells to bacterial and mycobacterial infection.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian, epidemiology with interests in the infection dynamics and control of zoonotic diseases in Africa and globally.
Operations Group
Department of Engineering
Engineering design: including process management, change management, healthcare design and inclusive design.
Programme leader
Statistical methods in epidemic modelling
Department of Medicine
The response of Macrophages and Dendritic cells to bacterial and mycobacterial infection.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Host-pathogen interactions and the molecular basis of virulence.
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Innovation of cheap diagnostics in developing countries.
Marks and Spencer Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
The emergence, transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens
Department of Biochemistry
Regulation of microbial virulence and biofilms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Quorum sensing, anti-bacterials, stringent response.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian, epidemiology with interests in the infection dynamics and control of zoonotic diseases in Africa and globally.
Steering Committee
Department of Medicine, CITIID.
Molecular microbiologist; enteric infections in developing countries with an emphasis on Norovirus, Shigella spp. and Salmonella Typhi.
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Matt leads the parasite genomics group who study the parasites that cause malaria and neglected tropical diseases.
Sarah is a Veterinary Surgeon and Clinical Research Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID).
Department of Physics
Salmonella infection of macrophages; bacterial adhesion in airways; P.falciparum (Malaria) egress and invasion in red blood cells; gene expression noise in E.coli; new phenotipic responses to antibiotics; microfluidics/single cell imaging.
Department of Engineering
Engineering design: including process management, change management, healthcare design and inclusive design.
Programme leader
Statistical methods in epidemic modelling
Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP)
Strengthening the contribution academic research can make to improving public policy.
Department of Medicine
The response of Macrophages and Dendritic cells to bacterial and mycobacterial infection.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Host-pathogen interactions and the molecular basis of virulence.
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Innovation of cheap diagnostics in developing countries.
Cambridge Digital Humanities
Combines research and teaching activities on misinformation, collective action and digital methods.
Marks and Spencer Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
The emergence, transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens
Department of Biochemistry
Bacterial Quorum sensing and virulence, regulation and biosynthesis of carbapenem antibiotics and prodigiosin, protein secretion systems, viral abortive infection systems and bacteriophages of plant and animal pathogens.
Department of Architecture
Focus on ventilation in building design, including hospitals and surgical theatres.
Department of Biochemistry
Regulation of microbial virulence and biofilms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Quorum sensing, anti-bacterials, stringent response.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian, epidemiology with interests in the infection dynamics and control of zoonotic diseases in Africa and globally.
Principal Investigators
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Research and application of genomics for surveillance of high risk lineages of microbial pathogens.
Department of Pathology
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Parasitology
T. gondii genome sequence information to investigate basic properties of the host-parasite interaction.
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genomics of bacterial pathogenesis with a particular focus on pneumonia and meningitis
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Matt leads the parasite genomics group who study the parasites that cause malaria and neglected tropical diseases.
Department of Pathology
Characterization of malarial transmission and the design of anti-parasitic transmission-blocking interventions
Department of Biochemistry
Structural biology, bioinformatics and drug discovery
Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow
Viral genome packaging, virus assembly, biomolecular condensates, RNA dynamics and RNA chaperones, rotaviruses.
Translational control
Ribosomal frameshifting and readthrough
Virus gene expression
RNA structure and function
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Department of Physics
Development of Therapeutics for Bacterial Infectious Diseases, including Traumatic Injury Infection and Biothreat Agents
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Intestinal microbiota; evolution of intestinal spore-forming bacteria in human gut.
BBSRC Research Development Fellow
Immunopharmacology
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Department of Veterinary Medicine
Gastrointestinal helminths, host-parasite interactions, high-throughput sequencing technologies.
We study bacterial spores (e.g. Bacillus and Clostridium), with a focus on their assembly, structure, and germination.
Department of Physics
Salmonella infection of macrophages; bacterial adhesion in airways; P.falciparum (Malaria) egress and invasion in red blood cells; gene expression noise in E.coli; new phenotipic responses to antibiotics; microfluidics/single cell imaging.
Department of Engineering
Engineering design: including process management, change management, healthcare design and inclusive design.
Department of Plant Sciences
Mathematical modelling of the spread, detection, evolution and control of crop and tree diseases.
Infectious disease mortality in historical populations; smallpox; tuberculosis ; influenza; puerperal infections
Programme leader
Statistical methods in epidemic modelling
Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions during bacterial infection
Molecular biology of rotaviruses
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Department of Medicine
Vaccinology/pathogenic mechanisms, specialising on the immunology of mucosal vaccines and molecular basis of infection.
Epidemiology and Immunology of Schistosomiasis and other Human Parasitic Diseases.
Department of Medicine
The response of Macrophages and Dendritic cells to bacterial and mycobacterial infection.
Senior University Lecturer in Cellular & Molecular Microbiology
Head of the Division of Microbiology & Parasitology, Department of Pathology
Niccoli Fellow in the Natural Sciences & Director of Studies, Queens' College
Department of Plant Sciences
Epidemiological modelling to predict the spread of plant disease epidemics and to identify and optimise economically and ecologically sustainable strategies for disease management.
A consultant in infectious diseases with an interest in primary and secondary immunodeficiencies and transplantation.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)
Mathematics of infectious diseases,viral bioinformatics,influenza modelling
Department of Pathology
Virus-host interactions, with particular emphasis on noroviruses.
Molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking in virus infection
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Host-pathogen interactions and the molecular basis of virulence.
Stanley Elmore Research Fellow and Associated PI in the Department of Medicine.
I research the molecular interactions between retroviruses and human cells.
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Innovation of cheap diagnostics in developing countries.
Comparative Pathology of Viral Infections
Head of the Lab of Viral Zoonotics
Research Fellow, Babraham Institute
Lymphocyte Signalling and Development
Studying T cell and antibody responses to global health vaccines
Professor in Microbial Genomics & Veterinary Science
Director of Studies in Clinical Veterinary Medicine (Churchill College)
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We are interested in the molecular biology of the remnant chloroplast (apicoplast) in apicomplexan parasites (e.g. Plasmodium)
Viral evolution and transmission
The evolution and genetics of insects and their pathogens
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Elucidation of host-Pathogen interactions of enteric bacteria using a genomic and phylogenomic approach.
Public policy evaluation; Health economics
Group Leader: Vector-parasite interactions
We use genomic approaches to better understand mosquito populations and parasite transmission dynamics.
Department of Medicine
Molecular and structural biology of how RNA viruses package their genetic material and how they select their own RNA from the cell so specifically.
Principal Investigator
Department of Biochemistry
The molecular basis and evolution of host-parasite interactions in African trypanosomes.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Reader in Infection and Immunity
Pathogen behaviour (e.g. location, growth, spread in the body, gene regulation) in vivo at the single cell level in relation to immunity, vaccines and antibiotics.
Viral and cellular regulation of immunometabolism
Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Science
Research Interest Immunology of infection
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Pathology
Basic biology of the human malaria parasite and impact of this biology on virulence. Molecular genetics and cell biology
Director of the Cambridge Ancient Parasites Laboratory
Senior Research Associate, McDonald Institute, Department of Archaeology
Hospital Consultant (specialist) in NHS
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
Reader in Virology and Immunology
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Professor of comparative oncology and genetics
Department of Medicine/CITIID
Uses advanced bacterial genomics and metagenomics to understand the evolution and spread of pathogens and mine genomic data to identify robust, risk-informative diagnostic markers
University Lecturer, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
I develop in vitro models of the gut-brain axis with integrated electronic monitoring.
My interests are sustainability of HIV services in Africa, fungal infections in Uganda and HIV/STI management
Marks and Spencer Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
The emergence, transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens
Clinical and research interests in inflammation, sepsis , nutrition and the relationship between gut microbiota and the host
Director, COVID-19 genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) and Professor of Public Health & Microbiology
Investigator Scientist
Department of Structural Studies
Institute MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Research Fellow in Animal Parasitology at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.
Research Group Leader in Computational Biology at the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.
Structure and ligand-guided development of novel small molecule leads against druggable microbial proteins
We are interested in understanding the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease.
Cell autonomous innate immunity, i.e. the ability of individual cells to defend themselves against infection
Cambridge Institute of Medical Research (CIMR)/Department of Medicine
High throughput approaches to understand the biology of malaria parasites and prioritise new drug and vaccine targets
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.
Trafficking and processing of bacterial proteins by mammalian cells.
Professor of Protein Crystallography
Develop methods for X-ray crystallography
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Department of Genetics
Applied public health research, especially with regards to the spread of infectious pathogens, and sitting at the interface of mathematical modelling, genetics, population biology, big data, public health and field-based epidemiology.
Department of Biochemistry
Bacterial Quorum sensing and virulence, regulation and biosynthesis of carbapenem antibiotics and prodigiosin, protein secretion systems, viral abortive infection systems and bacteriophages of plant and animal pathogens.
Population based, public health and genetic epidemiology studies of chronic infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Gatsby Research Group Leader
We study plant processes underlying the accommodation of beneficial and pathogenic microbes.
Department of Architecture
Focus on ventilation in building design, including hospitals and surgical theatres.
Professor Sinclair’s research interests are in the molecular biology and pathogenesis of human herpes viruses, particularly human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). HCMV is a major cause of disease in transplant patients and patients with AIDS and his research progr
Head of Department of Pathology
Poxviruses, specifically vaccinia virus, the live vaccine used to eradicate smallpox.
Department of Zoology
Evolution and population dynamics of antigenically variable pathogens, particularly influenza viruses but also malaria, HIV, and HCV.
Department of Medicine
Basic immunological mechanisms, and how defects in regulatory control of the immune system can lead to autoimmunity and alter defence against infection.
Department of Pathology
How viral RNA polymerases work and contribute to RNA virus pathogenicity.
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Virology
Fellow of Queens' College (Part 1A MIMS supervisor)
Biological Safety Officer (Dept. Vet Medicine)
(01223) 339554 (Vet medicine) (01223) 330180 (Queens')
1. Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2. Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital
3. Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge
Principal Research Associate, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Academic Director Cambridge-Africa, Department of Pathology
Honorary Epidemiologist at Public Health England
Reader in Molecular Pharmacology
-focus on antimicrobial resistance-
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Molecular Cell Biology and Evolution of Apicomplexan Parasites
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Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Henry Dale Fellow
Principal Investigator
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Department of Biochemistry
Regulation of microbial virulence and biofilms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Quorum sensing, anti-bacterials, stringent response.
Molecular evolution of pathogens
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Host-microbial interactions, mucosal immunology, bacterial infection and immunity, intestinal-health related research.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian, epidemiology with interests in the infection dynamics and control of zoonotic diseases in Africa and globally.
I am interested in extracellular receptor-ligand interactions for host-pathogen interactions and reverse vaccinology.
Digital Epidemiology: Modelling of Epidemic Spread using Human Mobility Data from Sensors and Mobile-Phones
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Postdoctoral Researchers
Research Associate, Department of Pathology
Viral immunology: How vaccinia virus evades the host immune response to infection
Department of Genetics
Postdoctoral Researcher
Genetic aspects of host-parasite interactions using as a model the European rabbit and the myxoma virus.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus and other clinically important bacterial pathogens
Research Associate on the ‘Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement and Epidemic Diseases, 1901-2010’ project.
Development of real-time systems for the tracking of pandemic influenza outbreaks.
Postdoctoral Fellow
I use functional genomics to study AMR and Host-pathogen interactions in Enterobacteriaceae.
Sarah is a Veterinary Surgeon and Clinical Research Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID).
BVetSc, MSc, PhD, MRCVS
Immune Correlates of Protection
Project Coordinator - Human Correlates of Protection of COVID-19 (HICC)
ESPOD Research Fellow, EMBL-EBI & Sanger Institute
Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College
Bacterial mobilome and pathogens evolution
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Molecular epidemiology and evolution of bacterial pathogens particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae
Integration of bacterial whole-genome data with epidemiological, clinical and phenotypic data to glean biological insights
Research Associate, Medicine
I have particular interest in understanding susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) and mycobacterial infection.
Population genomics of drug selection in two veterinary parasites, Haemonchus contortus and Teladorsagia circumcincta
Senior Research Associate (Mathematical & Computational Biology)
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Working to better understand the evolution of the bacteria that cause Typhoid fever.
My research interests span the molecular mechanisms underlying primary immuno-deficiencies and human genetics
CJ Martin Biomedical Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Sam's work combines microbiology, immunology and computational analysis to interactions between the microbiota and pathogen
Stanley Elmore Research Fellow and Associated PI in the Department of Medicine.
I research the molecular interactions between retroviruses and human cells.
Department of Medicine
Targeting latent human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection by novel immunotherapeutic strategies in transplant settings
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Staphylococcus aureus in humans and animals.
Post-doctoral research associate
Guest lecturer
I work on understanding the nature of the T cell mediated response to Cytomegalovirus infection.
Comparative genomics of Staphylococcus aureus
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Research Fellow (JRF)
Outbreak surveillance and response systems, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa.
NGS based characterization of the population structure and evolution of Enterobacteriaceae.
Salmonella host-pathogen interactions
Whole genome sequencing based prediction of Drug resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Social evolution and virulence in parasites by way of experimental evolution of various strains of bacteria and bacteriophages
Research Associate
Structural and functional characterization of membrane transporters related to virulence and drug resistance from Mycobacteria
Involved in translational research of infectious disease and development of new diagnostic assays within the NHS.
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow
Director of Studies for History and Philosophy of Science, Magdalene College
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cambridge
My research utilises proteomics to better understand the interactions between African trypanosomes and their hosts.
Secondary metabolite production in different microbes.
Research Associate, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Wheldale Onslow Junior Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, Newnham College
Clinical Research Associate, Eastern Region Public Health Observatory, Institute of Public Health.
A public health professional with 5 years of experience in health care services, global health, data analysis, and research.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Uses nanomagnetic tools to overcome AMR.
Investigator Statistician
in the "Statistical methods in epidemic modelling" programme
MRC Biostatistics Unit
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Postdoctoral Research Associate assisting Professor Mark Holmes
Host-parasite interactions in parasites such as malaria and whipworm using nextgen sequencing and informatics
Hospital acquired bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance.
Development of functional genomic approaches for the blood flukes schistosomes, and the study of helminth-associated neoplasms
EBPOD Postdoctoral Fellow
My research focus is the translational application of bacterial whole genome sequencing in clinical environments.
Postdoctoral Scientist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
I am a structural virologist. In past I worked on Picornaviruses structure and assembly. Currently working on E3 ligases.
Department of Pathology
Deciphering actin signalling mechanisms hijacked by numerous pathogens to gain entry and establishing systemic infection. Bacteriology, Signalling, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Salmonella, Shigella.
Research Associate
The study of the long-term evolution of dengue virus and the drivers of dengue transmission processes.
Department of Pathology
Mathematical analyses of viral genomic data to predict function and drug targets
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Molecular microbiologist using glycoengineering approaches to develop vaccines to prevent bacterial disease in chickens
I am a postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr Andrew Firth, working on RNA regulatory structures within RNA viral genomes.
Currently I work on protein:protein interactions in innate immunity and phagocytosis using our confocal microscope facility in the Physics of Medicine centre. I also work on molecular modelling of signalling complexes and viral RNAs. I previously worked o
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Pathogen genomics; Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and various Mycobacterium species.
Research Associate, Department of Zoology
Mathematical modelling of biological systems, dynamical systems
Department of Genetics
Research Associate studying the impact of antigenic and genetic diversity of dengue virus (DENV) on driving DENV's transmission and disease risks.
Animal pathogens, vaccine, antimicrobial resistance and functional genomics
Research Associate
Studying the role of indole signalling in Persisters and Biofilm Formation (Aim: Anti-persisters/Anti-biofilm therapy)
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genetic modification of Plasmodium falciparum
Graduate Students
PhD Candidate
I research livestock sustainability: the relationships between biodiversity loss, GHG emissions, antibiotic use and welfare.
Development of metal-based nanominerals for antimicrobial applications.
Research assistant with the Peacock Research group regarding MRSA
Application of novel mass spectrometry methods for the rapid identification of bacteria and AMR directly from clinical samples
Department of Veterinary Medicine
PhD candidate studying fundamental and molecular biology of Campylobacter jejuni
Exploring the potential for serogroup replacement following the introduction of MenAfriVac in the African meningitis belt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and the glyoxylate shunt.
PhD candidate
Studying the impact of global transcriptional factors on the regulation of bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance.
PhD Student
Post-translational modifications of proteins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Clinical microbiology, development and spread of resistance to antimicrobial and antiviral agents.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate Student
Disease dynamics and ecological drivers, particularly of bat-borne viruses and other emerging pathogens.
Graduate Student: Working on mathematical and computational modelling of systems in immunology.
PhD Student
Using mathematical models to evaluate and inform immunisation strategies with MenAfriVac in the African meningitis belt
Mathematical models for the evolution of influenza that link the within- and between-host scales
Research Assistant
Integration of genetic and spatial data to better understand the spread, maintenance and control of pathogens.
Pathogen Biology and Evolution
PhD student
I am currently investigating the ability of bacteria to adapt to new hosts and the ecological context for host switching.
Glycoprotein structural studies and phylogenetic analysis to study evolutionary virology.
I'm a graduate student and administrator in the Pathogen Evolution group. I'm interested in flu and vaccines.
PhD candidate
Studying the transmission and risk factors of Lassa virus.
Studying the spatial distribution of anthrax in Uganda using ecological niche modelling.
PhD Student and Research Assistant
Developing an in vitro model for the stable recapitulation of cystic fibrosis associated polymicrobial communities in the lab.
Epidemiological modelling of arbovirus transmission and immune dynamics
Department of Biochemistry
PhD candidate studying the development and road-testing of an inducible hypermutator strain of P. aeruginosa
Characterisation of B cell immune repertoires in measles infection.
PhD Student
I am studying bacterial production of secondary metabolites at the Department of Biochemistry.
Anopheles gambiae hemocyte response to Plasmodium infection
Graduate Researcher, Department of Genetics
Computational approaches to understand the influence of host-protein molecular interactions on global viral evolution
I am using biophysical tools to understand the properties that underlie TLR9 activation by ssDNA from pathogens.
Bacteriophages host range engineering for biotechnological applications
PhD Student
Transcriptomics
PhD student studying the influence of G-quadruplexes on positive strand RNA virus replication.
PhD Student, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Local production of cheap and rapid diagnostic tools for the detection of malaria and leptospirosis.
PhD student leading the canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) project
PhD Student, Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Mathematical modelling of population dynamics of infectious diseases such as influenza
WSI/Department of Veterinary Medicine
PhD Student
Applied statisticianinvestigating transmission in endemic diseases such as Streptococcus pneumoniae
Understanding and predicting acute pulmonary exacerbations in adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Recently started PhD student aiming to look at interactions between liver fluke parasite and its host.
PhD Student
Department of Medicine
Researching the evolutionary variations on global C. diphtheriae genomes
BBSRC PhD student
Infectious disease dynamics at the human-animal interface
Investigating host-pathogen interactions during BK Polyomavirus infection. Working in the Crump Lab.
Vet, BBSRC PhD Candidate, Resident of the European College of Veterinary Public Health
Livestock associated AMR in the UK and its implications for public health and the livestock industry.
Isolating and investigating generalised transducing LamB-dependent phages from the environment
Associated Professionals
Research Assistant
Real time whole genomic sequencing of MRSA from collection/storing +ve MRSA samples to extraction to preparation for miniSeq
Research Assistant, Clinical School
I work on elucidating the basis of S. aureus carriage in the human nasopharynx.
Research Facilitator, Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences
Facilitates research activities between academic and industry partners via funded exchange programs, educational.
Previous Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford
A writer of books on infectious diseases
Research Assistant
Whole genome sequencing of MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Clostridium difficile from patient samples
Visiting scientist at Department of Genetics. Consultant for Becton Dickinson, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the TB Alliance, and the World Health Organization.
Research Assistant, Department of Medicine
The usefulness of whole genome sequencing in tracking MRSA outbreaks and transmission events.
Group Leader at Quadram Institute
Epidemiology, evolution and dynamics of foodborne and zoonotic bacteria, with a particular focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Faculty of Clinical Medicine
HPA East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit
Institute of Public Health
Public Health Surveillance,Cryptosporidium, Chlamydia,trachoma, Norovirus, Health Care Associated Infections.
Assistant Director for Biological Sciences & EU Matters, RO
Research support for School of Biological Sciences and EU funding