Andrew Pollard (immunologist)
Tunbridge Wells, England, UK | |
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Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Guy's Hospital Medical School St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School Imperial College London |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity |
Known for | Chief Investigator on the University of Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx-1 n-CoV-19), Director of Oxford Vaccine Group, Chair of JCVI |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Age-related changes in immunity to Neisseria meningitidis (1999) |
Website | www |
Sir Andrew John Pollard
Because "In order to prevent any perceived conflict of interest it was agreed that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Chair (Professor Andrew Pollard), who is involved in the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at Oxford, would recuse himself from all JCVI COVID-19 meetings",[5] JCVI Deputy Chair Professor Anthony Harnden acts in his stead on these matters.
Pollard was awarded the coveted James Spence Medal[6] by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in 2022.[7]
Education
Pollard attended St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth, where he was head boy. He attended Guy's Hospital Medical School graduating with a BSc in 1986,[8] and subsequently obtained an MBBS from the University of London (1989) at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, where he was awarded the Wheelwright's Prize in Paediatrics (1988) and Honours Colours.[9] After house jobs at Barts and Whipps Cross Hospital and working as an A&E senior house officer at the Whittington Hospital, London, he trained in Paediatrics at Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK, specialising in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at St Mary's Hospital, London, and at British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver. He obtained his PhD at St Mary's Hospital, from the University of London in 1999.[10]
Career
He chaired the scientific panel of the Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories Charitable Trust (2002–2006)
Honours and awards
Pollard has received multiple awards throughout his career. For example, he received the “Science Honor and Truth Award” of the Instituto de Patologia en la Altura in La Paz, Bolivia in 2002.[9] In 2020, Pollard received the Oxford University Vice Chancellor's Innovation Award[9][19] for his work on typhoid vaccines. In 2021, Pollard was knighted in the Birthday Honours for services to public health, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] In 2022, Brazil awarded him the Order of Medical Merit.[1]
Publications
As of April 2021[update], Pollard has published five books (including one on mountaineering), six book chapters, 12 conference papers, and 647 journal articles. His most cited works are:
- Pollard, AJ; Perrett, KP; Beverley, PC (2009). "Maintaining protection against invasive bacteria with protein–polysaccharide conjugate vaccines". Nature Reviews Immunology. 9 (3): 213–220. S2CID 20211443.
- Gossger, N; Snape, MD; Yu, L; Pollard, Andrew J (2012). "Immunogenicity and Tolerability of Recombinant Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine Administered With or Without Routine Infant Vaccinations According to Different Immunization Schedules: A Randomized Controlled Trial". JAMA. 307 (6). European MenB Vaccine Study Group: 573–582. PMID 22318278.
- McKinney, Eoin F; Lyons, Paul A; Carr, Edward J; Hollis, Jane L; Jayne, David RW; Willcocks, Lisa C; Koukoulaki, Maria; Brazma, Alvis; Jovanovic, Vojislav; Kemeny, D Michael; Pollard, Andrew J (2010). "A CD8+ T cell transcription signature predicts prognosis in autoimmune disease". PMID 20400961.
- Findlow, Jamie; Borrow, Ray; Pollard, Andrew J (2010). "Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Phase II Controlled Trial of an Investigational Recombinant Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine With and Without Outer Membrane Vesicles, Administered in Infancy". PMID 20954968.
- Pace, David; Pollard, Andrew J (2012). "Meningococcal disease: Clinical presentation and sequelae". PMID 22607896.
Personal life
Pollard is an avid runner, cyclist, and mountaineer.[21][22]
References
- ^ a b "Professor Sir Andrew Pollard FMedSci". www.ovg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Pollard". www.stx.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Lakshman, Narayan (24 July 2020). "Director of the Oxford vaccine group on coronavirus endgame scenarios : In Focus podcast". The Hindu. THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD.
- ^ "What are Meningitis & Septicaemia? | Meningitis Research Foundation". www.meningitis.org. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "James Spence Medal 2023". RCPCH. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Professor Sir Andrew Pollard". RCPCH. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Pollard, Prof. Andrew John, (born 29 Aug. 1965), Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, University of Oxford, since 2008; Fellow, since 2006, and Vice Master, since 2017, St Cross College, Oxford; Senior Investigator, National Institute for Health Research, since 2018." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2017
- ^ a b c "Andrew Pollard". www.ovg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- PMID 33353987.
- ^ "Spencer Dayman meningitis Research Fund | Meningitis Now". www.meningitisnow.org. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Meningitis and septicaemia | Meningitis Research Foundation". www.meningitis.org. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "THE HUNG CHENG AND BARONESS OLGA KNOOP TRUST FOR OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH – Charity 1014695". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "WHO | Professor Andrew J Pollard". WHO. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Pollard". www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Pollard". www.stx.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Membership". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ISSN 2053-6186.
- ^ "BRC researchers' work recognised with Vice-Chancellor's Awards". NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B2.
- ^ "OX5 Run is back to raise funds for hospital charity!". Oxford Mail. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Cycling Time Trials: Profile". www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.