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5. Prof. Hazel M. Dockrell

Professor Hazel M. Dockrell is Professor of Immunology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She obtained a BA (Mod) in Microbiology at Trinity College, Dublin followed by a PhD in autoimmunity at the Royal Dental Hospital of London. She then worked at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London on the immunology of malaria until she joined the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 1985.

Her current research interests include the immunology of mycobacterial diseases (tuberculosis and leprosy) and the development of correlates of protection that could be used in new TB vaccine or drug trials. Recent studies have included comparisons of immunity induced by BCG vaccination in the UK and Malawi. A particular interest has been the development of field-friendly assays that could be used to assess immunity in field conditions.

Prof Dockrell  has collaborated with many overseas institutions including in Pakistan, Mexico, Portugal and The Gambia, and most recently her BCG vaccination studies have been based at the Karonga Prevention Study in Malawi. Her group is currently funded by various EU consortia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and EDCTP. In 2008 she became Deputy Director (Research), a part-time role concerned with research strategy and governance, and with oversight of the research and capacity building projects run by LSHTM staff overseas.