The Infection and Immunity Research Network Steering Group
The I&I Research Network exists to enhance and facilitate infection and immunity research activity and strategic planning. This includes identifying and resourcing key equipment, the improvement of internal communication and collaboration, the identification of key funding priorities and opportunities, and developing better external communication of our research to scientific and healthcare professionals, schools and the general public.
The main visible activities of the Network are a series of events and structures which aim to unify and co-ordinate research activity across large numbers of researchers, and include annual symposia and an annual Early Career Researchers’ event.
The community is guided by a Steering Group under the Network's Terms of Reference: Strategy_and_Terms_of_Reference (PDF, 355kB)
The Steering Group is comprised of the following people (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Position (School) | Contact |
| Ankur Gupta-Wright, co-Lead (clinical) |
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine (North Bristol Trust) |
contact the admin |
| Ed Moran, co-Lead (clinical) | Consultant in Infectious Disease (North Bristol Trust) | contact the admin |
| Borko Amulic, co-Lead (discovery science) | Associate Professor in Immunology (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine) | borko.amulic@bristol.ac.uk |
| Luca Shytaj, co-Lead (discovery science) | Senior Lecturer (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine) | zp22866@bristol.ac.uk |
| Matthew Avison | Professor of Molecular Bacteriology (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine) | Matthewb.Avison@bristol.ac.uk |
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Senior Lecturer in Oral Microbiology (Bristol Dental School) |
nihal.bandara@bristol.ac.uk | |
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Consultant Epidemiologist & Head of Team, Field Service South West, Field Service, National Infection Service, UK Health Security Agency |
charles.beck@bristol.ac.uk | |
| Ian Cadby | Lecturer in One Health approaches to Antimicrobial Resistance | ian.cadby@bristol.ac.uk |
| Amy Alice Carson | Speciality Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Combined Infection Training South West – Severn, currently based within North Bristol NHS Trust | contact the admin |
| Joshua Dawe |
PhD student (Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences), Early Career Researcher representative |
vl22683@bristol.ac.uk |
| Sinead English |
Senior Research Fellow (School of Biological Sciences) |
sinead.english@bristol.ac.uk |
| Hannah Fraser |
Research Fellow in Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling (Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences) - Early Career Researcher representative |
hannah.fraser@bristol.ac.uk |
| Clare French | Research Fellow in Research Synthesis (Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences) | clare.french@bristol.ac.uk |
| Anu Goenka | Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine) | anu.goenka@bristol.ac.uk |
| Melanie Hezzell | Senior Lecturer in Cardiology (Bristol Veterinary School) | mh16511@bristol.ac.uk |
| Robert Hughes | Senior Lecturer (School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering) | robert.hughes@bristol.ac.uk |
| Anna Long | Senior Research Associate (Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Fellow) (Bristol Medical School: Translational Health Sciences) | Anna.Long@bristol.ac.uk |
| Jamie Mann | Lecturer in Vaccinology & Immunotherapy (Bristol Veterinary School) | jamie.mann@bristol.ac.uk |
| Suzanne Mills | Research Development Associate for the Faculties of Health and Life Sciences | suzanne.mills@bristol.ac.uk |
| Adrian Mulholland | Professor (Chemistry) | Adrian.Mulholland@bristol.ac.uk |
| Laura Peachey | Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology (Bristol Veterinary School) | laura.peachey@bristol.ac.uk |
| Adam Trickey | Research Fellow (Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences), Early Career Researcher representative | adam.trickey@bristol.ac.uk |
| Peter Vickerman | Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling (Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences) | Peter.Vickerman@bristol.ac.uk |