Imperial Department of Infectious Disease

@ImperialInfect

Department of Infectious Disease @imperialcollege | Part of @ImperialMed | Innovating new approaches to infectious disease control on a global scale

London, England imperial.ac.uk/infectious-dis… Joined September 2015

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Imperial Department of Infectious Disease @ImperialInfect 4d

🌬️ Join our RSV Human Challenge Study

Help us understand #RSV in older adults.

Participants aged 65–75 will stay 11 days, be given RSV (a common respiratory virus that can cause cold-like symptoms), and attend follow-up visits.

Imperial Department of Infectious Disease @ImperialInfect 6d

Join us tomorrow at 5:30pm for an inaugural lecture with Prof Goedele Maertens.

She will explore how HTLV establishes infection and how repurposing available HIV drugs could be a promising tool towards eliminating HTLV.

📌 South Kensington or online
imperial.ac.uk/events/212264/…

Imperial Department of Infectious Disease @ImperialInfect Oct 30

Watch @SkyNews for a report filmed at @imperialcollege's Biofoundry with Prof Paul Freemont on the future of AI and biosecurity. The programme explored both the promise of AI-driven discovery and the challenges of preventing misuse.

Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_NDysX…

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Imperial Department of Infectious Disease @ImperialInfect Oct 29

Last week, our Prof Aubrey Cunnington (@acunningID) joined representatives from across the UK healthcare professions for a roundtable with Bill Gates, chair of the @gatesfoundation.

The discussion covered global health in the UK and the importance of cross-border partnerships.

Imperial Department of Infectious Disease @ImperialInfect Oct 28

A €2.75m project is advancing a diagnostic platform for children in Africa with fever.

PATHFINDER will help clinicians quickly identify malaria, bacterial, and viral infections to support better treatment decisions and reduce unnecessary medicine use.👇
imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/…

www.imperial.ac.uk New EU-funded project to advance rapid diagnosis of childhood infections in Africa The €2.75 million European Union-funded project aims to accelerate the development of a point of care diagnostics test for children with fever i...