Infection and immunity
IICD is home to world-leading expertise in infectious diseases, host immunity, antimicrobial resistance, emerging infections and global health.
Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones co-leads the interdisciplinary for host/pathogen interaction. This combines cell and developmental biology, stem cell biology, mechanobiology, imaging and mathematical modelling with translational biomedicine working with colleagues from biology and engineering).
In addition to work on HIV and Ebola, we have made significant impacts on COVID-19 research by integrating experts from immunity and infection, thrombosis, genomics, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary, vascular, and functional imaging with the 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases Directorates in a cohesive and collaborative effort. For example, we were the largest national recruiter to the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials in 2020.
We link expertise in human innate immune cell biology to non-mammalian models of infection and immunity in the Bateson Centre, leading to acceleration of advances from discovery to experimental medicine. We have had success commercialising our infection and immunity research, receiving significant funding to combat infection and treat immune deficiency syndromes.
Researchers in this theme:
- Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (theme lead)
- Dr Imran Aziz
- Professor Colin Bingle
- Dr Joby Cole
- Dr Paul Collini
- Professor Alison Condliffe
- Professor Mike Cork
- Dr Simon Danby
- Dr Tom Darton
- Dr Thushan de Silva
- Dr Phil Elks
- Dr Iwan Evans
- Dr Heba Ismail
- Dr Simon Johnston
- Professor Endre Kiss-Toth
- Dr Matt Kurien
- Dr Helen Marriott
- Dr Richmond Muimo
- Miss Clare Muir
- Dr Martin Nicklin
- Professor Albert Ong
- Dr Ruth Payne
- Dr Lynne Prince
- Dr Lisa Parker
- Professor Stephen Renshaw
- Professor Jon Sayers
- Dr Farah Shahi
- Dr Jon Shaw
- Dr Andy Streets
- Dr Mark Thomas
- Dr Heather Wilson
COVID-19
University of 91Ö±²¥ scientists are contributing to the fight against coronavirus
91Ö±²¥ Dermatology Research
91Ö±²¥ Dermatology Research comprises clinical and non-clinical staff with an interest in inflammatory skin disorders including atopic eczema (dermatitis), psoriasis, alopecia areata and vitiligo.
Nephrology
Kidney Research in 91Ö±²¥ dates back to the 1960s with Dr Margaret Platts as the first Reader in Nephrology in 1965 and Mr John Williams (Consultant Urologist) who performed the first kidney transplant in 1968.