Prof. Peter Openshaw Imperial College London, UK

Peter Openshaw MD PhD CBE is Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London, UK. A respiratory physician and mucosal immunologist. His research focuses on how the immune response both protects against viral infection but also causes disease. He served as President of the British Society for Immunology (2013-18) and... read moreis especially well known for his work on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID-19, and for the development of human challenge in volunteers. He has served on many grant committees and Advisory Boards and has published widely on vaccinology, the immunopathogenesis of pulmonary viral diseases and lung inflammation, and the role of immune responses in lung disease.