Vaccine Epidemiology Research Group (VERG)

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Welcome to the VERG homepage! We are a group of epidemiologists and laboratory scientists working on the epidemiology and immunology of viral and bacterial pathogens, with a particular interest in vaccines and genomics. The group is led by Prof Nick Grassly.

Professor Nicholas Grassly
Professor of Infectious Disease & Vaccine Epidemiology

Dr Joyce Akello
Research Fellow

Dr Ben Bellekom
Research Associate

Dr Isobel Blake
Lecturer

Dr Xinhua Chen
Research Associate

Dr Laura Cooper
Honorary Research Associate

Dr Darlan Da Silva Candido
Research Associate

Ms Nieves Derqui
Research Postgraduate

Dr Amy Dighe
Research Associate

Ms Shannon Fitz
Academic Researcher

Dr Elizabeth Gray
Research Associate

Ms Tabassum Iqbal
Senior Project Manager

Dr David Jorgensen
Research Associate

Dr Julia Ledien
Research Associate in Epidemiology

Dr Jaspreet Mahindroo
Research Associate in Pathogen Genomics

Mr Venkat Raghata Mohan
Research Postgraduate

Dr Marga Pons Salort
Sir Henry Dale Fellow

Dr Jonathan Rigby
Research Associate in Pathogen Genomics

Dr Alex Shaw
Research Associate

Mr Billy Thurston
Research Assistant

Ms Catherine Troman
Research Assistant

Dr Chris Uzzell
Research Associate

Mr Nathan Ward
Project Manager

Ms Lucy Williams
Research Postgraduate

Ms Xuemei Yan
Research Postgraduate

Alumni