David Goldblatt

Biography

David Goldblatt is Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology at Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL) where he heads the Immunobiology Unit and is Director of the WHO Reference Laboratory for Pneumococcal Serology. In addition he is clinically active and is an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Immunology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, National Health Service Foundation Trust (GOSH, Appointed 1995). In addition he is Director, Clinical Research and Development at GOSH and also Director of theGOSH-UCL National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre. David obtained a PhD from University of London (1991), followed in 1994 by a Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training Accreditation in Paediatrics with a special interest in Infectious Diseases. He emigrated from South Africa to UK in 1985 where he held paediatric positions in London hospitals before embarking on an impressive career at London leading hospital for sick children, Great Ormond Street. Between 1995 – 2000 he was also a Senior Lecturer at UCL David is or has been a member of numerous prominent societies, associations and committees in Britain and Europe, several of which he has chaired. He is a peer reviewer for several prestigious journals, and has received numerous grants, prizes and awards. He is frequently invited to speak and give lectures all over the world. He has authored and co-authored books and over 100 articles in peer reviewed journal, and has several other publication to his credit. David’s areas of expertise are paediatrics, immunology and infectious diseases, specifically the immune response to vaccines and infectious diseases with a focus on the meningococcus and pneumococcus and conjugate vaccines.

Research Interest

To develop effective, accessible, and affordable vaccines against diseases of poverty.