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Professor Sir Andrew Pollard FMedSci FRS is Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Ashall Professor of Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford and consultant in paediatric infectious disease at Oxford Children’s Hospital. He is chair of the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and immunisation (since 2013) and was a member of WHO’s SAGE 2016-2022. He received a knighthood in 2021 for services to public health.
Andrew’s research has focussed on the understanding of childhood immunity and vaccine protection, testing vaccines against the encapsulated bacteria which cause meningitis, pneumonia, typhoid and paratyphoid and informing global immunisation policy. He has pioneered the use of controlled human infection challenge models to investigate the biology of infections and to test vaccines for typhoid and paratyphoid. His research has included large epidemiological studies and vaccines trials in Europe, South Asia and Africa involving more than 100,000 children.
He led testing of influenza vaccines for children in the 2009 pandemic, new vaccines for Ebola in the 2014/15 outbreak, and clinical development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine in the 2020/21 coronavirus pandemic for which the team were awarded the Royal Society’s Copley Medal.
He has supervised 50 PhD students and his publications include over 750 manuscripts and books on various topics in paediatrics and infectious diseases. His seminal work on typhoid supported the WHO prequalification of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine and WHO recommendations for its use in countries with a high burden of disease.
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| 25 | Matt Hancock, former Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Health from 2018 to 2021 | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, in conversation with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health from 2018 to 2021, on the communication of public health policy, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the role and impact of social media on it. | Andrew Pollard, Matt Hancock | 19 Dec 2024 | |
| 24 | Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research and Analytics in the Polio Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group chats with Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research and Analytics in the Polio Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. | Andrew Pollard, Ananda Bandyopadhyay | 27 Nov 2024 | |
| 23 | Professor Heidi Larson, founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group chats with Professor Heidi Larson, founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. | Andrew Pollard, Heidi Larson | 30 Oct 2024 | |
| 22 | Dame Sally Davies, former UK government Chief Medical Officer and UK Special Envoy on antimicrobial resistance | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford and one of the country’s foremost immunologists, chats with Dame Sally Davies, former UK government Chief Medical Officer. | Andrew Pollard, Sally Davies | 25 Sep 2024 | |
| 21 | Doctor Anthony Fauci, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the United States | Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford and one of the country’s foremost immunologists, chats with Doctor Anthony Fauci, Chief Scientific Advisor to seven US presidents. | Andrew Pollard, Anthony Fauci | 17 Sep 2024 | |
| 20 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Prof. Peter Openshaw | Professor Peter Openshaw discusses Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV). RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most adults but it is the leading cause of hospitalisation in babies | Andrew Pollard, Peter Openshaw | 28 Mar 2024 |
| 19 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Jeremy Farrar | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation and previously the director of The Wellcome Trust in the UK. | Andrew Pollard, Jeremy Farrar | 04 Mar 2024 |
| 18 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Peter Horby | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute at Oxford. He is Co-Chief investigator of the RECOVERY trial of drug treatments for COVID. | Andrew Pollard, Peter Horby | 02 Feb 2024 |
| 17 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Uğur Şahin | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Uğur Şahin. Şahin is a German oncologist and immunologist. He is the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major COVID-19 vaccines. | Andrew Pollard, Uğur Şahin | 21 Dec 2023 |
| 16 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Pascal Soriot | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Pascal Soriot, the CEO of AstraZeneca about their pandemic partnership to develop the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. Over three billion vaccines have been delivered, saving six and a half million lives. | Andrew Pollard, Pascal Soriot | 27 Nov 2023 |
| 15 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Prof. Eddie Holmes | Professor Eddie Holmes, who co-authored the publication of the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 through work with colleagues in Wuhan, China speaks to Professor Andrew Pollard about his scientific career and this pivotal pandemic work. | Andrew Pollard, Eddie Holmes | 30 Oct 2023 |
| 14 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Prof. Maheshi Ramasamy | Andrew Pollard talks to Professor Maheshi Ramasamy about her pandemic work as a hospital consultant treating extremely sick patients in intensive care. They also discuss her research career in vaccines and infectious diseases. | Maheshi Ramasamy, Andrew Pollard | 21 Sep 2023 |
| 13 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Shabir Madhi | Shabir Madhi Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg, South Africa discusses the effect of the global pandemic on Africa and his work on COVID-19 vaccines. | Andrew Pollard, Shabir Madhi | 07 Sep 2023 |
| 12 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Adam Finn | Sir Andrew and Professor Adam Finn discuss his work as paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases. They discuss the pandemic as it affected children and the different responses to the disease in adults and children. | Andrew Pollard, Adam Finn | 16 Aug 2023 |
| 11 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Patrick Vallance | Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir Patrick Vallance discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares insights into his medical career and vital work during the pandemic as Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government. | Patrick Vallance, Andrew Pollard | 20 Jul 2023 |
| 10 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Neil Ferguson | Sir Andrew Pollard's podcast features Professor Neil Ferguson, an expert in the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. They discuss how mathematical models help understand disease transmission, vaccines, and immunity. | Andrew Pollard, Neil Ferguson | 28 May 2023 |
| 9 | The Pandemic People: Fergus Walsh | Journalist Fergus Walsh talks about covering disease outbreaks & his medical journalism career. Accuracy, fact-checking, and communicating complex scientific findings are important to him. He discusses this passion for reliable information with Sir Andrew | Andrew Pollard, Fergus Walsh | 19 May 2023 | |
| 8 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Jennifer Margaret Harries DBE | Dame Jennifer Harries shares insights on her career, family influence, and managing public health threats with Sir Andrew Pollard. Highlights include Salisbury novichok incident preparedness, COVID19 response efforts. | Andrew Pollard, Jennifer Harries | 19 May 2023 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Wendy Barclay | In conversation with Sir Andrew Pollard, Professor Wendy Barclay, a renowned virologist, discusses viruses' crucial role in pandemics. | Andrew Pollard, Wendy Barclay | 17 Apr 2023 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir John Irving Bell | Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir John Bell discuss COVID-19 pandemic in China, Oxford Univ. & AstraZeneca's vaccine efforts. Bell highlights global response, data sharing, Oxford's vaccine expertise & diagnostic testing. | Andrew Pollard, John Bell | 16 Apr 2023 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Catherine Elizabeth Bingham | Kate Bingham, a British venture capitalist, discussed her role in the UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and her leadership of the vaccine task force and the importance of diplomacy in the global fight against COVID-19. | Andrew Pollard, Kate Bingham | 15 Apr 2023 |
| 4 | Andrew Pollard and the Development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine | Andrew Pollard discusses the development of the COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine with Stanley Ulijaszek | Andrew Pollard, Stanley Ulijaszek | 25 Mar 2021 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Andrew Pollard | Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity Andrew Pollard in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek | Andrew Pollard, Stanley Ulijaszek | 16 Dec 2019 |
| 2 | Andrew Pollard on Childhood Disease | Professor Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, and Director of the Oxford Vaccine Centre, discusses childhood diseases, his research into vaccinations, and the problems facing childhood immunisation in the UK and abroad. | Andrew Pollard, Oliver Lewis | 10 Sep 2008 | |
| 1 | Andrew Pollard on Vaccines and Immunisation of Children | Dr Andrew Pollard, Reader in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, and Consultant in charge of the Oxford Vaccine Group, discusses childhood diseases, his research into vaccinations, and the problems facing childhood immunisation in the UK and abroad. | Andrew Pollard, Oliver Lewis | 31 Aug 2008 |