Gordon Dougan

Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan in 2009
Born
Gordon Dougan
EducationScunthorpe Grammar School
John Leggott College[2]
Alma materUniversity of Sussex (BSc, PhD)[3]
AwardsEMBO Member (2011)[1]
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisAn Analysis of the Structure and Function of Plasmid Cole 1 (1977)
Doctoral advisorDavid Sherratt
Doctoral studentsMark Pallen[citation needed]
Kat Holt[citation needed]
Websitewww.sanger.ac.uk/person/dougan-gordon/ Edit this at Wikidata

Gordon Dougan FRS FMedSci[3] is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge and head of pathogen research and a member of the board of management at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, United Kingdom.[4] He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. During his career, Dougan has pioneered work on enteric diseases and been heavily involved in the movement to improve vaccine usage in developing countries. In this regard he was recently voted as one of the top ten most influential people in the vaccine world by people working in the area.[5]

  1. ^ "The EMBO Pocket Directory" (PDF). European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ Dougan, Gordon [@GordonDougan1] (9 May 2022). "Scunthorpe Grammar, High Ridge Comprehensive, John Leggott 6th Form" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Anon (2014). "Dougan, Prof. Gordon". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281223. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Anon (24 May 2013). "Professor Gordon Dougan – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute". Sanger.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ^ Smale, Freya. "Who are the most influential people in vaccines?". Blogs.terrapinn.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.