CATALOGUE OF PARTNERING EVENT PROFILES
Short description
anticancer center Non Profit
PROJECT Research project
lymphomas pharmacology including animal medels (especially mantle cell lymphoma)
PROFILE UK
Polly ROY Professor of Virology
Areas of activity
Diseases caused by Orbiviruses (African horse sickness, bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease): development of new generation vaccines and accompanying tests)
ORGANISATION Name Type Department Short description
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University Infectious and Tropical Diseases London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is a well equipped research centre focusing on the study of tropical diseases. It is dedicated to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas. The research centres at LSHTM include researchers into pathogens (including viruses, bacteria and parasites) as well as immunologists and a strong epidemiology team, who have strong ties with developing countries, and who monitor, produce and provide vaccines for important infectious diseases. Many members of the research centres at LSHTM are involved with various committees of WHO, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and other vaccine development initiatives, including the Gates Foundation and European commission.
PROJECT Research project
Development of multivalent vaccines for BTV, EHDV and AHS (ORBIVAC)
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