Robin Shattock | |
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| Born | Robin John Shattock 1963 (age 59–60) |
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| Fields | Mucosal Infection Immunology |
| Institutions | Imperial College London |
| Website | www |
Robin John Shattock FMedSci (born February 1963) is professor of mucosal infection and immunity at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Shattock attended Lancing College, where he was initially more interested in acting and music than science. [6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Shattock led the British initiative to develop a vaccine for the disease at Imperial. [7] He estimated in February 2020 that the vaccine for the disease would be available by early 2021. [8]
Shattock was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2017. [5]
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