Contact information

Email
maheshi.ramasamy@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

Telephone
+44 1865 611400

Address
Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LE.

Research groups

Oxford Vaccine Group

Colleges

Magdalen College

Websites

Maheshi Ramasamy

MA (Cantab), MBBChir (Cantab), MRCP (UK), DPhil (Oxon)

Professor of Infection & Vaccinology

Associate Director, Education & Communication | Oxford Vaccine Group
Florey Lecturer and Fellow | Magdalen College
Deputy Director of Graduate Entry Medicine | University of Oxford
Consultant Physician | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Maheshi received her undergraduate medical training at Christ’s College, Cambridge. She subsequently trained as a junior doctor in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine in Oxford, London and Australia and obtained a DPhil from Wadham College, Oxford.

As a Clinician Scientist at the Oxford Vaccine Group, Maheshi’s research focuses on developing novel vaccines for emerging pathogens including Lassa fever virus and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella. She has a particular interest in controlled human infection models, both as a tool to understand the pathophysiology of disease and to inform vaccine design.

She leads the UK National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium and is a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), advising the UK Department of Health and Social Care on immunisation policy.

Maheshi is the Director of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Vaccine Subcommittee.