Robin John Shattock (born February 1963) is professor of mucosal infection and immunity at the

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Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

Education and early life

Shattock attended

Lancing College Lancing College is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in southern England, UK. The school is located in West Sussex, east of Worthing near the village of Lancing, on the south coast of England. ...

, where he was initially more interested in acting and music than science.

Career and research

During the

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, Shattock led the British initiative to develop a vaccine for the disease at Imperial. He estimated in February 2020 that the vaccine for the disease would be available by early 2021.

Awards and honours

Shattock was elected a

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) is an award for medical scientists who are judged by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences for the "excellence of their science, their contribution to medicine and society and the range of th ...

(FMedSci) in 2017.

References

Living people 1963 births Academics of Imperial College London Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) British immunologists {{UK-med-bio-stub