David Wraith, Phd

Biography

David Wraith is the chief scientific officer and the founder of Apitope. He is a research immunologist with over 25 years of experience and has authored over 150 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Professor Wraith was the Head of the Department of Pathology & Microbiology at the University of Bristol from 1996 to 2004. He is currently Professor of Immunology and Director of the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham (UK). He has been awarded research fellowships by the Medical Research Council (UK), National MS Society (US), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust. He has been a member of scientific advisory boards for TEVA, GSK and Peptide Therapeutics; an expert advisor to Hoffman La Roche on autoimmune therapeutics; an expert advisor to the UK Department of Trade and Industry on Stem Cell Therapies and to the UK Food Standards Agency on Peanut Allergy; he is the current chairman of the Cancer Immunology and Autoimmunity board of the Norwegian Research Council and he is a past member of research grant panels for the Medical Research Council Infections and Immunity Board, Arthritis Research UK, MS Society UK, NIH USA, NKRF and the Wellcome Trust.

Research Interest

Peptide Therapeutics