Immune System in Health and Disease Career Advisory Group
This review group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Early-Career Awards and Wellcome Career Development Awards.
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This advisory group covers applications that aim to improve our understanding of the function of the immune system in homeostasis and development and in protecting against or promoting disease.
Some examples of this are:
- molecular and cellular immunology, including tissue and barrier immunology
- systems immunology
- immune regulation and dysregulation, inflammation, allergy and autoimmunity
- the immune response to infection and commensals
- immunity and disease susceptibility or resistance, including studies of the human microbiome as it pertains to immunity
- identification and mechanistic characterisation of vaccine candidates, adjuvants, immunotherapies and immunomodulators
Proposed projects may span more than one funding area. You should choose the research subject area which aligns with the focus of the project.
Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.
Professor Rebecca Drummond (Chair)
University of Birmingham
Dr CJ Anderson
Edinburgh University
Dr Nollaig Bourke
Trinity College Dublin
Professor Melita Gordon
University of Edinburgh
Dr Matthew Hepworth
University of Manchester
Professor Nattiya Hirankarn
Chulalongkorn University
Dr Justin Komguep Nono
University of Cape Town/ Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM) Cameroon
Dr Vinod Kumar
Radboud University Medical Centre
Professor Nicole La Gruta
Monash University
Dr Alex McCarthy
Imperial College London
Dr James McLaren
Cardiff University
Professor Carol Munro
University of Aberdeen
Professor Michael Fokuo Ofori
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research / University of Ghana
Dr Jaclyn Pearson
University of St Andrews
Dr Fränze Progatzky
University of Oxford
Dr Arianne C Richard
Babraham Institute
Dr Obondo James Sande
Makerere University
Dr Amit Singhal
ASTAR Infectious Diseases Labs (AIDL)
Dr Yin Wu
King's College London
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Jacqueline McDonald
Funding Manager, Funding Management