Coronavirus Researchers at Oxford

18th Mar 2020

Researchers from all our divisions and many of our departments are involved research into the coronavirus and Covid-19.

Please note that our researchers are very busy and will not be able to respond directly to requests. Media enquiries should go directly to the Oxford University News and Information Office.

You can find more research calls and funding opportunities on our research support pages.

Vaccine Development

Name	Division	Department
Professor Tao Dong	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Dr Sandy Douglas	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Sarah Gilbert	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Adrian Hill	NDM	MSD
Professor Matt Higgins	MSD	Biochemistry
Professor Mark Howarth	MSD	Biochemistry
Dr Shisong Jiang	MSD	Oncology
Professor Hashem Koohy	MSD	RDM
ProfessorTeresa Lambe	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Chloe Hyun-Jung Lee	MSD	RDM
Professor Graham Ogg	MSD	RDM
Professor Andy Pollard	MSD	Paediatrics
Professor Gavin Screaton	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor John Todd	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine

Drug Development

Name	Division	Department
Professor Ivan Ahel	MSD	Dunn School of Pathology
Professor Phil Biggin	MSD	Biochemistry
Professor Sarah Blagden	MSD	Oncology
Professor Chris Butler	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Bob Carlisle	MPLS	Engineering
Professor Constantin Coussios	MPLS	Engineering
Professor Lynne Cox	MSD	Biochemistry
Professor Susie Dunachie	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Ervin Fodor	MSD	Dunn School of Pathology
Dr Jonathan Grimes	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Richard Hobbs	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Peter Horby	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Stephen Hyde	MSD	RDM
Professor Yvonne Jones	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Paul Klenerman	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
ProfessorLing-Pei Ho	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Giorgio Napolitani	MSD	RDM
Professor Raymond Owens	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Christina Redfield	MSD	Biochemistry
Dr Sumana Sanyal	MSD	Dunn School of Pathology
Professor Quentin Sattentau	MSD	Dunn School of Pathology
Professor Chris Schofield	MPLS	Chemistry
Professor David Stuart	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Peter Simmonds	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor John Todd	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Alain Townsend	MSD	RDM
Professor John Vakonakis	MSD	Biochemistry

Epidemiology

Name	Division	Department
Dr Ricardo Aguas	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Thomas Bowden	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Phaikyeong Cheah	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Derrick Crook	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Christl Donnelly	MPLS	Statistics
Professor Nuno Faria	MPLS	Zoology
Professor Philippe Guerin	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Sunetra Gupta	MPLS	Zoology
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Richard Hobbs	MSD	Primary Care
Dr Moritz Kraemer	MPLS	Zoology
Professor Martin Landray	MSD	NDPH
Dr José Lourenço	MPLS	Zoology
Professor Simon de Lusignan	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Richard Maude	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Wirichada Pan-ngum	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Michael Parker	MSD	NDPH
Dr John Parrington	MSD	Pharmacology
Professor Tim Peto	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Oliver Pybus	MPLS	Zoology
Dr Rima Shretta	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Sheetal Silal	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Robin Thompson	MPLS	Maths
Professor Lisa White	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine

Public Health

Name	Division	Department
Dr Luke Allen	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Philip Bejon	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr David Bonsall	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Michael Bonsall	MPLS	Zoology
Professor MIles Carroll	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Gail Carson	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Alfonso Castrejon-Pita	MPLS	Engineering
Professor Cathy Creswell	MSD	Psychiatry
Professor Nick Day	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Andrew Farmery	MSD	NDCN
Professor Christophe Fraser	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Trish Greenhalgh	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Gail Hayward	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Carl Heneghan	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Richard Hobbs	MSD	Primary Care
Professor T Deirdre Hollingsworth	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor William James	MSD	Dunn School of Pathology
Professor Julian Knight	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Marian Knight	MSD	NDPH
Prof Trudie Lang	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Simon de Lusignan	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Ly-Mee Yu	MSD	Primary Care
Assoc. Prof Kamal Mahtani	MSD	Primary Care
Professor Richard McManus	MSD	Primary Care
Dr Alexander Mentzer	MSD	NDM
Dr Cassidy Nelson	MPLS	Zoology
Professor Stefan Neubauer	MSD	RDM
Dr Jennifer Van Nuil	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Michael Parker	MSD	NDPH
Professor Ian Pavord	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Najib Rahman	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Dr Betty Raman	MSD	RDM
Professor Lionel Tarassenko	MPLS	Engineering
Dr Mark Thompson	MPLS	MPLSEngineering
Professor Guy Thwaites	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine
Professor Peter Watkinson	MSD	NDCN
Professor Nick White	MSD	Nuffield Department of Medicine

Diagnostic Tools

Name	Division	Department
Professor Tom Brown	MPLS	Chemistry
Professor Zhanfeng Cui	MPLS	Engineering
Professor Wei Huang	MPLS	Engineering
Professor Achillefs Kapanidis	MPLS	Physics
Professor Mark Moloney	MPLS	Chemistry
Dr Nicole Robb	MPLS	Physics
Dr Craig Thompson	MPLS	Zoology

Behaviour and Societal Impact

Name	Division	Department
Professor Johannes Abeler	Social Sciences	Economics
Dr Marta Arnaldi	Humanities	Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Professor Eric Clarke	Humanities	Music
Dr Ben Cooper	MSD	NDM
Dr Alberto Giubilini	Humanities	Philosophy
Dr Thomas Hale	SSD	Blavatnik School of Government
Mr Joe Hasell	Social Sciences	Oxford Martin School
Dr Lukas Hensel	Social Sciences	Blavatnik School of Government
Professor Joshua Hordern	Humanities	Theology & Religion
Dr Rebecca Inglis	MSD	NDM
Professor Ridhi Kashyap	SSD	Sociology
Dr Vasiliki Kiparoglou	MSD	Primary Care
Dr Javier Lezaun	Social Sciences	Anthropology
Professor Melinda Mills	Social Sciences	Sociology
Dr Esteban Ortiz-Ospina	Social Sciences	Oxford Martin School
Dr Hannah Ritchie	Social Sciences	Oxford Martin School
Dr Max Roser	Social Sciences	Oxford Martin School
Professor Julian Savulescu	Humanities	Philosophy
Dominic Wilkinson	Humanities	The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Professor Biao Xiang	Social Sciences	Anthropology

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