Pathogen Biology and Disease Transmission Expert Review Group

This ERG will consider requests for support to improve understanding of the emergence, transmission, pathogenesis and control of acute and chronic infectious diseases. Its remit includes:

Parasite, bacterial and viral infections of humans and animals
Vector biology
Identification and early-stage development of antimicrobial agents
Antimicrobial drug resistance
Population studies of the distribution and transmission of infectious agents

Find out more about the remits for all the Expert Review Groups.

The terms of reference for this Group are the Standard Terms of Reference for Expert Review Groups.

Meeting dates

20 September 2013
22 January 2014
30 April 2014

Investigator Award and senior level fellowship applications are processed three times a year. Applicants are advised to allow at least four months from submission of a main application to their preferred start date and also to take into account the meeting dates of the relevant Expert Review Group and Interview Panel.

Members

Professor Gordon Dougan (Chair)
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton

Professor Keith Gull (Deputy Chair)
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford

Professor Gurdyal Besra
School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham

Dr Elisabeth Carniel
Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris

Professor Janet Hemingway
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Dr Tony Holder
Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research

Professor Matthew Keeling
Department of Biological Sciences and Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick

Professor Richard Moxon
Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford

Professor Massimo Palmarini
MRC Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow

Professor Geoffrey Smith
School of Medicine, Imperial College London

Professor Robin Weiss
Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London

Staff member

Nicola Cattini (Manager)
Immunology and Infectious Disease Team, Wellcome Trust