Immune System in Health and Disease Discovery Advisory Group

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This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.

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This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.

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Its remit covers applications that aim to improve our understanding of the function of the human immune system in homeostasis and development, and in protecting against or promoting disease. 

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  • molecular and cellular immunology, including tissue and barrier immunology
  • systems immunology
  • immune regulation and dysregulation, inflammation, allergy and autoimmunity
  • immune response to infection and commensals
  • immunity and disease susceptibility or resistance
  • understanding immunological mechanisms, which may include the study of vaccine candidates, adjuvants, immunotherapies or immunomodulators 
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Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.

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Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi (Chair)
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University College London
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Professor Ann Ager
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Professor Ann Ager
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Cardiff University
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Dr David Bending
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University of Birmingham

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Dr David Bending
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Professor Menna Clatworthy
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Professor Menna Clatworthy
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University of Cambridge
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Professor Denise Fitzgerald
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Professor Denise Fitzgerald
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Queen's University Belfast
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Dr John Grainger
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Dr John Grainger
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University of Manchester
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Professor Beate Kampmann
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Professor Beate Kampmann
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Dr Megan MacLeod
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Dr Megan MacLeod
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University of Glasgow
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Professor Rachel McLoughlin
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Professor Rachel McLoughlin
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Trinity College Dublin
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Dr Laura Rivino
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Dr Laura Rivino
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University of Bristol
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Dr Robert Snelgrove
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Dr Robert Snelgrove
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Imperial College London
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Dr Mahima Swamy
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University of Dundee

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Dr Mahima Swamy
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Professor Anthony Williams
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Professor Anthony Williams
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University of Southampton
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Professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh
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Professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh
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Leiden University
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Sheilagh Molloy
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Team Manager, Funding Management

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Sheilagh Molloy
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Wellcome Trust
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Find out about one of our advisory groups that shortlists candidates for Wellcome's Career Development Awards and Discovery Awards.
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