Exploring the world of infectious diseases
Microbiology, vaccines and pathogen genomics
Teaching resources and perspectives from Gordon Dougan FRS CBE
A career in discovery and better health
Gordon Dougan FRS CBE is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge. His career has spanned academia and industry, leading research into vaccines, pathogen genomics and disease tracking. He has worked as a university professor, institute director and scientist in a global pharmaceutical company, and has helped establish companies including Microbiotica. His research has helped to redefine our understanding of how infections spread around the world, alongside a commitment to making medicines more accessible.
Human Infectious Diseases
Explore the teaching collection
This website brings together teaching resources and personal perspectives on microbiology, vaccines and infectious diseases. It includes additional materials for Human Infectious Diseases, published by Cambridge University Press and co-edited with Professor Lindsay Hall of the University of Birmingham, UK. Explore the teaching materials or browse the articles using the links below.
Articles & Perspectives
- Human Infectious Diseases — teaching resources
- How we lost our vaccine manufacturing industry and why we should get it back; a personal perspective
- Re-Tooling Antimicrobial Research for the 21st Century
- Collective memory of epidemics (press release)
- Cómo crear una vacuna contra el COVID-19 desde cero
- How to make a new COVID-19 vaccine starting from scratch
- How we lost our collective memory of epidemics
