Sir Andrew John Pollard (born 29 August 1965) is a Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the
University of Oxford and a Fellow of
St Cross College, Oxford. He is an Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at
John Radcliffe Hospital
The John Radcliffe Hospital (informally known as the JR) is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. It forms part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physici ...
and the Director of the
Oxford Vaccine Group.
He is the Chief Investigator on the University of Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx-1 n-CoV-19) trials and has led research on vaccines for many life-threatening infectious diseases including
typhoid fever,
Neisseria meningitidis,
''Haemophilus influenzae'' type b,
streptococcus pneumoniae,
pertussis,
influenza,
rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, vi ...
, and
Ebola.
Because "In order to prevent any perceived conflict of interest it was agreed that the
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Chair (Professor Andrew Pollard), who is involved in the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at Oxford, would recuse himself from all JCVI COVID-19 meetings",
JCVI Deputy Chair Professor
Anthony Harnden acts in his stead on these matters.
Pollard was awarded the James Spence Medal by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in 202
Education
Pollard attended
St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth
St Peter's Catholic School is a co-educational Roman Catholic school located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is run under the joint trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth and a religious order of teachers, the De La Salle ...
, where he was head boy. He attended
Guy's Hospital Medical School
GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London. The school has campuses at three institutions, Guy's Hospital (Southwark), King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill) and St Thomas' Hospital (Lambet ...
graduating with a BSc in 1986, and subsequently obtained an
MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
from the University of London (1989) at
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, where he was awarded the Wheelwright's Prize in Paediatrics (1988) and Honours Colours.
After house jobs at
Barts and Whipps Cross Hospital St. Bartholomew’s or Barts may refer to:
* St. Bartholomew's Church (disambiguation)
Hospitals
* St Bartholomew's Hospital, Bristol, founded 1240
* St Bartholomew's Hospital, City of London, founded 1123
* St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochest ...
and working as an A&E senior house officer at the
Whittington Hospital
Whittington Hospital is a district general and teaching hospital of UCL Medical School and Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences. Located in Upper Holloway, it is managed by Whittington Health NHS Trust, operating as Whitt ...
, London, he trained in Paediatrics at
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a specialist children's hospital located in Birmingham, England. The hospital provides a range of specialist services and operates the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for the city. The servi ...
, UK, specialising in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at
St Mary's Hospital, London
St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, w ...
, and at
British Columbia Children's Hospital
British Columbia Children's Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. It specializes in health care for patients from birth to 16 years of age (possibly l ...
,
Vancouver. He obtained his PhD at St Mary's Hospital, from the University of London in 1999.
Career
He chaired the scientific panel of the Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories Charitable Trust (2002–2006) and was a member of the scientific committee of the Meningitis Research Foundation (2009–2014). He is currently chair of trustees of the Knoop Trust and a trustee of the
Jenner Vaccine Foundation
The Jenner Institute is a research institute on the Old Road Campus in Headington, east Oxford, England. It was formed in November 2005 through a partnership between the University of Oxford and the UK Institute for Animal Health. It is a ...
. Pollard has been the Chair of the UK's JCVI since 2013, but does not participate in the COVID-19 vaccine Committee.
[ Pollard has been a member of the WHO ]Strategic Advisory Group of Experts The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) is the principal advisory group to World Health Organization (WHO) for vaccines and immunization. Established in 1999 through the merging of two previous committees, notably the Scientific Advisory Grou ...
(SAGE) on Immunization since 2016.He was Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford 2012-2020 and was Vice-Master of the University of Oxford's St Cross College, Oxford 2017–2021 and remains a Fellow of the college. He has been a member of the British Commission on Human Medicines The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) is a committee of the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. It was formed in October 2005, and assumed the responsibilities of the Medicines Commission and the Committee on Safety of Me ...
' Clinical Trials, Biologicals and Vaccines expert advisory group since 2013, and chaired the European Medicines Agency Scientific Advisory Group on Vaccines over the years between 2012 and 2020.
Honours and awards
Pollard received the “Science Honor and Truth Award” of the Instituto de Patologia en la Altura in La Paz, Bolivia in 2002. In 2020, Pollard received the Oxford University Vice Chancellor's Innovation Award for his work on typhoid vaccine
Typhoid vaccines are vaccines that prevent typhoid fever. Several types are widely available: typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), Ty21a (a live oral vaccine) and Vi capsular polysaccharide vaccine (ViPS) (an injectable subunit vaccine). They are ...
s. In 2021, Pollard was knighted
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in the Birthday Honours
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for services to public health, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications
, Pollard has published five books (including one on mountaineering), six book chapters, 12 conference papers, and 647 journal articles. His most cited works are:
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Personal life
Pollard is an avid runner, cyclist, and mountaineer.
References
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1965 births
Living people
People educated at St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth
Alumni of King's College London
Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
Alumni of Imperial College London
Vaccinologists
British immunologists
Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
Academics of the University of Oxford
Fellows of the Higher Education Academy
Fellows of St Cross College, Oxford
Knights Bachelor
Vaccination advocates