Scientific advisors

Meet our Scientific, Medical and 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

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 Helen Campbell - The Lead Clinical Scientist of the Bacterial Vaccines team at the UK Health Security Agency

Dr Stephen Clark - A Senior Scientist at the UK Health Security Agency’s Meningococcal Reference Unit (MRU) in Manchester

Dr James Gilchrist - A paediatric consultant in infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford

Professor Cherie Millar - A Clinical Microbiologist at the Belfast City Hospital

Professor John Moore - A Clinical Microbiologist in the Northern Ireland

Dr Ifeanyichukwu Okike - A Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Paediatric infectious diseases, Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham School of Medicine and Honorary Consultant at the UKHSA, Immunisation Division.

Dr Alison Tavare - A GP by profession and Primary Care clinical lead at Health Innovation West of England

Dr Marie Yang O’Brien - A Senior Lecturer at City St George’s, University of London, and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow