Professor Paul Digard
Chair of Virology
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Availability
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Background
2006-2011 | Honorary Researcher, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust |
2005-2011 | Senior Lecturer |
2004-2005 | University Lecturer |
2003-2004 |
Senior Research Associate, Funded by Wellcome Trust Value in People award |
1995-2003 |
Royal Society University Research Fellow |
1993-1995 |
Research Associate, Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge |
1989-1993 |
Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School |
Qualifications
1982-1985 St John's College, University of Cambridge, U.K. M.A.(2i.) in Natural Science
1985-1989 Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Ph.D. in virology
Responsibilities & affiliations
PhD Student Thesis Committees
2012-presentChair: Charles Vander Broek2012-2014Advisor: Seema Jasim2012-presentChair: Dung Nguyen2012-presentAdvisor: Alexander Brown2013-present
Advisor: Andrew Mason
Other Committees etc
2012-2013 Promotions Committee, The Pirbright Institute
2012-2014 Roslin Institute, Biological Safety Committee
2012-2014 Roslin Institute Senior Management Group
2014 Acting Head of Division, Infection and Immunity
2014-Roslin Institute Bioimaging Committee
Undergraduate teaching
Lecturing
1997-presentVirology option of Pathology Part II, University of Cambridge
2000-Virology MSc. course, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 2000-2005 Virology module, The Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. 2003-2011 Wellcome Trust 4 yr PhD program: Infection and Immunity 2005-2012 Part IB Pathology, University of Cambridge 2012-presentOne Health/Animal Biosciences MSc, University of Edinburgh 2012-presentInfectious Diseases, BSc Honours, University of Edinbugh
Practical Classes:
1985-1988 Virology practical, Pathology IB, University of Cambridge
1993-2011 Virology practical, Pathology IB, University of Cambridge. Class organiser, 2006-2011. Class of 500 students.1993-1999Virology practical, Pathology II, University of Cambridge. Class of 20 students.
2000 Virology module, The Gulkenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. Class of 12 students
Research Projects
1993-2011 Pathology Part II final year research projects, University of Cambridge
2001 Biomedical Sciences BSc course, Anglia Polytechnic University
2015 Infectious Diseases (Honours) final year research project, University of Edinburgh
Small Group Teaching
1986-1989, 2001-2013
Virology & parasitology supervisions, Pathology IB, University of Cambridge1993-2011 Virology supervisions, Pathology II, University of Cambridge
2004-2011 Virology Part II data handling sessions and paper presentations, University of Cambridge
2004 Part IB Infectious Diseases in Animals & Man, University of Cambridge
2013-present 1st year BVM&S (Vet Med), The Animal Body 2, University of Edinburgh
Research summary
Replication and pathogenesis of influenza viruses.