Professor Katie Ewer
Associate Professor and Senior Immunologist, Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
About
Professor Ewer is senior immunologist for Oxford's Ebola and pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine trials. She oversees the immunology on Phase I and II trials of vectored vaccines, both in the UK and in field trials in Africa.
She studies samples from clinical trial volunteers using various methods to determine the strength of their immune response to the trial vaccines, and to work out which features of the sample correspond to a stronger immune response. These findings can then be used to improve the vaccine development process, so that future vaccines offer greater protection against disease.
Expertise
- Immunology
- Malaria
- Vaccines
- Clinical trials
- Ebola
- Tropical medicine
Selected publications
Media experience
Professor Ewer has experience of print and radio interviews.
Recent media work
Languages
English