Adrian V. S. Hill

Adrian Vivian Sinton Hill (born 1958)[2] FMedSci FRCP is an Irish vaccinologist, director of the Jenner Institute, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, Consultant Physician and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.[3][4] Hill is jointly leading in research to produce a vaccine for COVID-19 along with Professor Andrew Pollard of the Oxford Vaccine Group.

Adrian Hill
FMedSci FRCP
BornAdrian Vivian Sinton Hill
9 October 1958  (age 62)
Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater
Spouse(s)Sunetra Gupta (divorced)
Websitehttp://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-adrian-hill 
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe distribution and molecular basis of thalassaemia in Oceania  (1986)
Doctoral advisorJohn Brian Clegg, David Weatherall
Doctoral studentsHelen McShane[1]
Other notable studentsSarah Gilbert

Early life and education

Hill was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin. He began reading medicine at Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Foundation Scholar in 1978.[5] Thereupon he transferred to Magdalen College, Oxford for one year, but he ended up remaining there to complete the rest of his medical degree, qualifying in 1982.[6][7] He remained at the University of Oxford for postgraduate studies and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986[8] for research on thalassemia supervised by John B. Clegg.[3][9]

Career and research

During his time at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics his research group studied genetic susceptibility to infections such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV. He is now developing vaccines which produce cellular (T-cell) immunity using Adenovirus and Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) viral vector vaccines in a prime-boost regime.[10] His group has developed vaccines against malaria which were tested in clinical trials.[11] In 2014 he led a clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine (cAd3-ZEBOV) in response to the West African Ebola virus epidemic.[10][12][13] In 2014 Adrian was appointed a director of Vaccitech, an Oxford University spin-off.[14] There he oversaw the development of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate.[15]

Honours and awards

Personal life

Hill has two children with his former wife, Sunetra Gupta.[2][18]

References
  1. Mcshane, Helen Irene (2002). Immunisation strategies for enhancing T cell responses against M. tuberculosis. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 1000835837. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.271722.
  2. Anon (2017). "Hill, Prof. Adrian Vivian Sinton". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U59812. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. "Professor Adrian Hill, Magdalen College Oxford". magd.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. Adrian V. S. Hill publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. http://www.tcdlife.ie/scholars/scholar/about-list.php
  6. "Fellows and Scholars 2008". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/member-of-staff/adrian-hill/
  8. Hill, Adrian Vivian Sinton (1986). The distribution and molecular basis of thalassaemia in Oceania. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 59703987. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.375250.
  9. "Professor Adrian Hill". oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk. Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. "Professor Adrian VS Hill - Nuffield Department of Medicine". ndm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  11. "Adrian Hill: Malaria Vaccines - Nuffield Department of Medicine". ndm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  12. University of Oxford (11 March 2016), Oxford London Lecture 2016: Vaccines for Ebola: Tackling a Market Failure, retrieved 17 February 2018
  13. Oxford Martin School (26 November 2015), Prevent and protect: vaccines and immune responses, retrieved 17 February 2018
  14. "Our Team - Vaccitech". vaccitech.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  15. "Meet the Irish scientist behind Oxford's coronavirus vaccine". IrishCentral.com. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  16. "Accelerating vaccine development". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  17. "Adrian Hill". theconversation.com. The Conversation. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  18. Loder, Natasha (22 June 2000). "Oxford scientist wins the battle for her reputation". Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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