Sally Nicholas, Head of Vector Control and Therapeutics, Infectious Disease

She currently leads on our strategy to accelerate the development of novel vector control tools and therapeutics to reduce the burden of neglected tropical diseases and drug-resistant infections. This is a critical role for delivering novel interventions to combat infectious diseases. 

In her previous role, Sally designed and led one of Wellcome’s flagship initiatives, deploying £20 million per year to reduce the burden of enteric and diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income countries by accelerating vaccine and monoclonal antibody development. 

Sally additionally led the Innovator Award funding program, supporting early-stage translational projects to develop small molecule drugs, biologics, vaccines and diagnostics across a range of disease areas.

Prior to joining Wellcome, Sally spent several years in the technology transfer sector,
successfully commercialising a number of early-stage technologies. Sally holds an PhD in Immunology and an MBA.