Who we are
The Department of Infectious Disease has recently formed a Research Committee, who will support the Executive Board with the development and delivery of the Department’s research strategy.
The Research Committee has representatives from each Section:
- Professor José Penades – Chair in Microbiology, Section of Molecular Microbiology (Co-Chair)
- Professor Chris Chiu - Professor of Infectious Disease, Section of Adult Infectious Disease (Co-Chair)
- Dr Myrsini Kaforou – Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease
- Professor Xiaodong Zhang - Professor of Macromolecular Structure and Function, Section of Structural and Synthetic Biology
- Professor Paul Kellam – Professor of Virus Genomics, Section of Immunology of Infection
- Professor James Seddon - Professor of Child Global Health, Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease
- Professor Francis Drobniewski - Professor of Global Health and Tuberculosis, Section of Adult Infectious Disease
- Supported by the department's Research Manager, Celia Domingues, Faculty of Medicine
How we can help
- Want to discuss grant application strategies?
- Thinking of applying for a Fellowship?
- Had some feedback on a grant application that you’d like to discuss?
- Like some independent feedback on a research proposal?
- Have a different question for the Research Committee?
If you would like help with any of the following, please contact Celia Domingues (c.domingues@imperial.ac.uk) :
- Advice on funding schemes
- Help planning a grant application
- Help to identify internal resources/support in preparing a grant application
- Review of non-scientific sections of grant applications (e.g. lay summary, data management plans, impact statements)
- Obtaining Head of Department (HoD) approval of applications, or letters of support / supporting statements from the HoD
- Arranging mock interviews for grant applications
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Internal funding opportunities
- Enterprise - Funding opportunities (updated quarterly)
- Research Office - Funding opportunities