Clinician scientist working in flu and RSV, viruses that cause severe illness and death all around the world and still need effective vaccines.
London, England
Joined September 2015
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Are you developing a next-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine?
The MusiCC consortium are looking for vaccine developers who are interested in providing vaccine candidates for a COVID-19 human challenge study
Find out more: musicc.org/
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Quote: "Based on the correlates of protection against new Omicron BA.4/5 infections, protection was lower and shorter after a third/booster vaccination, but higher and longer after breakthrough infection, especially among younger individuals."
Wonderful study from @drdavideyre et al using @ONS infection survey data
After 2x vaccine, infection or booster vaccine increase protection vs BA.4/5
Waning is rapid after boosters but highly durable after infection
Hybrid immunity is most durable
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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How do you engage members of the public with medical research? In our latest Medicine blog, Dr Emma Smith, @hic_vac Network Manager, outlines how consulting the public was crucial during the world’s first #COVID-19 human challenge study.
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperia…
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🎧 On this week’s @BBCRadio4's Inside Health, Dr Ryan Thwaites (@InThwaiteImmune) discusses what the options are for those who are immunocompromised and still vulnerable to the threat of Covid. From 11min. ow.ly/NVNh50LhACT
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Opening the second day of the @hic_vac meeting with a session on challenge models in a pandemic setting, excited to hear from @ChrisChiuLab reflecting on the SARS-CoV-2 model
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We are looking for healthy volunteers to take part in our COVHIC002 study. If you are aged 18-30, have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and you are in good health, visit: imperial.ac.uk/infectious-di… to find out more. You will be paid up to £4,470 for your time and inconvenience.
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Volunteers for the malaria trial put an arm over a box with hundreds of mosquitoes carrying a genetically modified malaria parasite. Here's why they did it that way — and why the trial holds promise. n.pr/3qUluBt
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Recent @UKCICstudy-supported work highlighting the need to develop vaccines that enhance nasal immunity
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uk-cic.org/publication/nasal…
Nasal IgA wanes 9 months post-infection and is minimally impacted by subsequent vaccination.
@p_openshaw @LanceTurtle @CCPUKstudy @InThwaiteImmune
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Really great to see Prof @ChrisChiuLab presenting our lab's elderly RSV challenge work at the @rsv2022 conference in Belfast #HIC #RSV
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📢My lab is recruiting #postdocs! Looking for virologists, vaccinologists, mouse immunologists. We are a well funded lab (R01, R21s) with lots of exciting projects & great collaborative networks. Come chat to me if attending #KSViralImmunity22 #KSRespiratoryVirus22. Please RT!
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COVID-19 represents the first occurrence of Disease X since its designation was established in 2018.
Now, the threat of Disease X infecting the human population, and spreading quickly around the world, is greater than ever before: bit.ly/339FgA5
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The number of NHS consultants employed by universities to lead research has decreased by a third since 2004. We need to boost research in our NHS - read our full report #NHSacademia ow.ly/yxbB50JyWt6
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Come and join us at the Medical Marvel zone!!! @ExRdFestival at @imperialcollege
Test your knowledge on vaccines and colour some viruses 🦠 and bacteria 🧫 with us!!
#imperialcollege #INVaR #ECR #vaccines #ExRdFest
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And that’s a wrap!! @ExRdFestival
Thank you to everyone who visited our stand! 🦠 We really enjoyed discussing about vaccines with you 💉
We hope you learned something new today!
#INVaR #ECR #ExRdFest
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"Why we infected healthy people with COVID"
Join me, @ChrisChiuLab, @p_openshaw, @pols_fox AND hear directly from volunteers who participated in the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study at #ExRdFest this Sunday. @hic_vac.
😷 Hear from the team behind @imperialcollege's #COVID19 human challenge study this Sunday at #ExRdFest
🗣️ ‘Why we infected healthy people with COVID’
🗓️ Sun 19 June, 14:30
📍 South Kensington Campus
Book your spot for free ⬇️🎟️
ow.ly/aym150JvTVs
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Double vaccinated close contacts of a covid case r advised to do a daily lateral flow test, but even if negative, please go beyond the guidance & do something extra for your community: wear a good quality mask when you’re out & about. Be on the safe side for the sake of others🙏
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"Speaking personally I'm still very concerned that the number of cases remains very high."
Prof @p_openshaw @ImperialNHLI spoke to @BBCRadio4 about Covid restrictions lifting. Listen from 13.10
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00146…
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🦠 Job opportunity: We're seeking a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Molecular #Virology to join the @ImperialInfect team!
⏰ Full time, permanent
📍 St Mary's Campus
💷 £60,762 – £68,987 + benefits
✍️ Deadline: 9 March
🔗 Learn more and apply: ow.ly/mc8K50HRt5r
ALT The entrance to St Mary's Hospital on Praed Street in Paddington on a sunny day. To the centre left of the image, a sign on a brown brick archway supported by white pillars reads 'St Mary's Hospital'. The archway adjoins a large brown brick building. In the foreground, people walk in front of the wrought iron entrance gates and a zebra crossing to the right of the image.