Professor Adrian Hill heads a research group based at the University of Oxford, UK. The group is split in to two parts:

1. The vaccine development and immunology group based within the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

2. The genetics group based at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics who study the genetics of resistance and susceptibility to various infectious diseases including malaria, TB and hepatitis B and C.

Malaria Vaccine Trials Group

Adrian Hill - Principal Investigator Adrian is head of the malaria vaccine trials group. He is professor of human genetics at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Disease.

Sarah Gilbert - Vaccine Designer and Molecular Virologist Sarah designs the new malaria vaccines and uses a molecular technique for diagnosing malaria during the challenge studies.

Sheila Keating - Senior Scientist Sheila has been working on the malaria vaccine trials for the last three years studying cellular immune responses to malaria antigens and vaccine induction of memory T cells.

Daniel Webster - Clinical Research Fellow Daniel is one of the physicians working on the malaria vaccine trials in the UK and also works in the laboratory on the development of new vaccines.

Susie Dunachie - Clinical Research Fellow Susie is one of the physicians working on the malaria vaccine trials in the UK and also works in the laboratory investigating the immune response in vaccine recipients.

Ian Poulton - Clinical Research Nurse Ian is the research nurse working on the malaria vaccine trials in the UK and is responsible for volunteer recruitment.

David Porter - Clinical Research Fellow David is one of the physicians working on the malaria vaccine trials in the UK, and is planning a PhD within the group.

Steve Todryk - Senior Immunologist Steve is responsible for overseeing the assessment of immune responses in vaccine recipients, and with an interest in immunological mechanisms underlying successful vaccination.

Fiona Thompson - Clinical Research Fellow Fiona is one of the physicians working on the malaria vaccine trials in the UK and also works in the laboratory looking at immune responses in people living in endemic areas.

Laura Andrews - Research Assistant Laura works on vaccine development and malaria diagnosis during the challenge studies.

Tamara Berthoud - Research Assistant Tamara is responsible for assessing the immune responses in vaccine recipients.

Anne Moore - Senior Scientist
Anne is a senior immunologist and is involved with pre-clinical vaccine design.

Bob Sinden - Molecular Parasitologist
Bob works at Imperial College in London and is responsible for culturing the malaria parasites and rearing the mosquitoes used in the malaria challenge study.

Zia Sherrell - Data Manager
Zia ensures that the clinical data is ordered and accurate, and is also involved in the setting up of clinical trials.

Trudie Lang - Project Manager
Trudie oversees the running of all aspects of the clinical trials from a managerial perspective.

Geoff Butcher - Parasitologist
Geoff works at Imperial College in London and is responsible for culturing the malaria parasites and rearing the mosquitoes used in the malaria challenge study.

Tim Peto - Safety Monitor
Tim is a professor of Infectious Diseases and is a safety monitor for the clinical trials in the UK.

David Warrell - Safety Monitor
David is a professor of Tropical Medicine and is a safety monitor for the clinical trials in the UK.