Reuben Fellows elected to The Academy of Medical Sciences

The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected eight University of Oxford scientists as new Fellows, including two Reuben Fellows; Professor Teresa Lambe OBE FMedSci and Professor Jane McKeating FMedSci.

Professor Lambe is the Calleva Head of Immunology at the Oxford Vaccine Group, and Principal Investigator at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, with her research focussing on delineating the protective immune response post infection and using these findings to rationally design vaccination strategies to prevent disease. Her group is currently developing and testing vaccines against a number of outbreak pathogens including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus, Marburg virus and Coronaviruses. A number of these vaccines have progressed to clinical trial assessment, including vaccines against Ebola and Marburg virus.

Teresa said: ‘It is a huge honour to be elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. I have been fortunate to work with incredibly talented colleagues over the course of my career both in the UK and worldwide, and I’m incredibly proud that this work has been recognised.’

Professor Jane McKeating is Professor of Molecular Virology at the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

Jane said: ‘Delighted to be nominated and for our research to be recognised! A big thanks to current and ex-team members who have made scientific discovery a joy.’

L-R: Professor Teresa Lambe and Professor Jane McKeating

Congratulations from Reuben to all those who have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, but in particular to Teresa and Jane.