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Introduction to Environment & Health Multi-Disciplinary Theme

When: Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Where: MS Teams

Speaker: Professors Andrew Prendergast and Jonathan Grigg

The first seminar of 11 that will be run by the Environment & Health Multi-Disciplinary Theme between January and December 2022.

Staff and students are invited to join the inaugural seminar organised by the Environment & Health MDT Working Group. In the first short seminar, Prof. Andrew Prendergast and Prof. Jonathan Grigg will give you an overview of the programme and deliver a joint presentation on their key research areas associated with environment and health. The presentation will be followed by a 15-minute facilitated discussion with the attendees.

Professor Jonathan Grigg

Jonathan Grigg is the leading UK paediatrician in the effects of air pollution. His research has identified the mechanisms whereby inhalation of particles increases vulnerability to bacterial infection. These studies have informed the public on the risks of air pollution, and influenced national policy. He was a lead author of the Royal College of Physicians’ Report on the long-term effects of air pollution. In the area of paediatric respiratory medicine, he has led major independent and industry trials of new and existing asthma therapies.

Professor Andrew Prendergast

Andrew Prendergast graduated from Cambridge and Imperial College, and undertook his paediatric training in London, specialising in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology. After undertaking a DPhil in Oxford, investigating immunological and clinical aspects of paediatric HIV infection, he was an Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, where he continued research into paediatric HIV infection in Oxford and South Africa, and work on HIV clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa through the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL. He was subsequently awarded a Welcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellowship and appointed as Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infection and Immunity at Queen Mary, University of London. In 2016, he became a Welcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow and he now divides his time between London, where he is based at the Blizard Institute, and Zimbabwe.

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