Paget Lecture 2025 by Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert
The Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture celebrates the life of Stephen Paget who passionately believed that a greater understanding of physiology would lead to better medical advances. He was the founder of the Research Defence Society which later became Understanding Animal Research.
This year, Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert presented the 88th Paget Lecture, with discussing the Development of vaccines against outbreak pathogens. Famed for her work on the Oxford–AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine which was rapidly produced and supplied in huge quantities to countries worldwide during the 2020 pandemic, Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert has directed her career towards tackling emerging viral pathogens.
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