Sarah Gilbert

For the American actress, see Sara Gilbert.

Dame
Sarah Gilbert
DBE FRS
BornApril 1962 (age 62)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia (BSc)
University of Hull (PhD)
Known forVaccinology
Children3
AwardsAlbert Medal (2021)
Princess of Asturias Award (2021)
King Faisal Prize (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsVaccines[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Vaccitech
Delta Biotechnology
Leicester Biocentre
Brewing Industry Research Foundation
Christ Church, Oxford
ThesisStudies on lipid accumulation and genetics of Rhodosporidium toruloides (1986)
Doctoral advisorColin Ratledge, Dr M. Keenan
Websitewww.jenner.ac.uk/team/sarah-gilbert Edit this at Wikidata

Dame Sarah Catherine Gilbert DBE FRS (born April 1962) is an English vaccinologist who is a Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Vaccitech.[2][3][4][5][6] She specialises in the development of vaccines against influenza and emerging viral pathogens.[7] She led the development and testing of the universal flu vaccine, which underwent clinical trials in 2011.

In January 2020, she read a report on ProMED-mail about four people in China suffering from a strange kind of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan.[8] Within two weeks, a vaccine had been designed at Oxford against the new pathogen, which later became known as COVID-19.[9] On 30 December 2020, the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine she co-developed with the Oxford Vaccine Group was approved for use in the UK.[10] More than 3 billion doses of the vaccine were supplied to countries worldwide.[11]

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  3. ^ "Sarah Gilbert – Nuffield Department of Medicine". University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Professor Sarah Gilbert". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Professor Sarah Gilbert | University of Oxford". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Our Team". vaccitech.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Professor Sarah Gilbert | Hic Vac". hic-vac.org.
  8. ^ Gilbert, Sarah; Green, Catherine (2021). Vaxxers : the inside story of the Oxford vaccine and the race against the virus. London. ISBN 978-1529369854.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ McKie, Robin (4 July 2021). "Centre Court ovations, limbo-dancing grans – it's all been humbling, say Oxford vaccine creators". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK". BBC News. BBC. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. ^ "AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine, citing low demand". CNN. Retrieved 9 May 2024.