Scientific advisors

Meet our Scientific and Medical Advisory Panel.

These are the experts who advise us on our research programme. 

Our scientific and medical panel is currently under review. If you would like to know more about joining our panel, please email: research@meningitsinow.org  

The People

Dr Caroline Vipond - (Chairperson), Recently published articles below

Evaluation of candidate international standards for meningococcal serogroups A and X polysaccharide

Safety of multicomponent meningococcal group B vaccine (4cMenB) in routine infant immunisation in the UK: a prospective surveillance study

Professor Simon Kroll - Honorary Medical Director and Vice-Chair, Trustee, recently published articles below

Inactivation of NMB0419, encoding a Sel1-Like repeat (SLR) protein, in Neisseria meningitidis is associated with differential expression of genes belonging to the fur regulon and reduced intraepithelial replication

Cross-reactive bactericidal antimeningococcal antibodies can be isolated from convalescing invasive meningococcal disease patients using reverse vaccinology 2.0

Characteristics and incidence of transfusion-associated necrotizing enterocolitis in the UK

Intestinal microbiota in infants at high risk for allergy: effects of prebiotics and role in eczema development

Dr Xilian Bai - Recently published articles below

The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk populations

Evaluation of strain coverage of the multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) administered in infants according to different immunisation schedules

Quality, immunogenicity and stability of meningococcal serogroup ACWY-CRM 197, DT and TT glycoconjugate vaccines

Immunogenicity of a meningococcal B vaccine during a university outbreak

Professor David Dockrell

Professor Tim Mitchell - Recently published articles below

Genetic conjugation of components in two pneumococcal fusion protein vaccines enhances paediatric mucosal immune responses

Inflammation drives thrombosis after Salmonella infection via CLEC-2 on platelets

Immune ageing and susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae

A serine-threonine kinase (StkP) regulates expression of the pneumococcal pilus and modulates bacterial adherence to human epithelial and endothelial cells in vitro

Dr Simon Nadel - Recently published article below

Vaccine evaluation: lessons from a meningococcal B vaccine

Dr Mary Ramsay

The Demand for meningitis vaccines