Andrew Pollard Oxford Vaccine Group
He also met with professor sarah gilbert who is leading the trial and professor andrew pollard director of the vaccine group.
Andrew pollard oxford vaccine group. Professor andrew pollard director of the group said the first phase of the testing looked at the vaccines safety in people under 55. The clinical studies are progressing very well and we are now initiating studies to evaluate how well the vaccine induces immune responses in older adults and to test whether it can provide protection in the wider population. Advertisement the duke of cambridge wears a mask during a visit to. The oxford vaccine group ovg is a vaccine research group within the department of paediatrics at the university of oxfordit was founded in 1994 by professor e.
Andrew j pollard bsc ma mbbs mrcpuk frcpch phd dic fhea fidsa fmedsci is professor of paediatric infection and immunity at the university of oxford honorary consultant paediatrician at oxford childrens hospital and vice master of st cross college oxford. William visited the oxford vaccine groups unit at the citys churchill hospital on wednesday. The clinical studies are progressing very well and we are now initiating studies to evaluate how well the vaccine induces immune. Richard moxon was initially based at the john radcliffe hospital and moved in 2003 to its current location in the centre for clinical vaccinology and tropical medicine ccvtm at the churchill hospital in oxford england.
Professor andrew j pollard is the chief investigator of the global clinical trials of the oxford covid19 vaccine sponsored by the university of oxford. The next steps will now look at whether older adults have a similar immune response he told bbc. He has been director of the oxford vaccine group in the department of paediatrics at the university since 2001 and leads the paediatric infectious disease clinical team at oxford childrens hospital. The next phase of testing for a coronavirus vaccine will focus on how older adults immune systems respond the oxford university vaccine group has said.
Astrazeneca has reached an agreement with europes inclusive vaccines alliance iva spearheaded by germany france italy and the netherlands to supply up to 400 million doses of the university of oxfords covid 19 vaccine with deliveries starting by the end of 2020. Andrew j pollard bsc ma mbbs mrcpuk frcpch phd dic fhea fidsa fmedsci is professor of paediatric infection and immunity at the university of oxford honorary consultant paediatrician at oxford childrens hospital and vice master of st cross college oxford. Andrew pollard head of the oxford vaccine group said.