Dr Annette MacLeod of the Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology (Institute of Infection Immunity & Inflammation/ Institute Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine) has been successful in the renewal of her Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science. This £2.5 million 5-year award will be used to continue her investigations into the skin as a reservoir for trypanosomes, the parasites that cause sleeping sickness. 

Dr MacLeod said: “This is an amazing opportunity for me to continue with my research I am very honoured to have received this renewal of my senior Wellcome fellowship and I very much look forward to advancing science in the area of Parasitology.

Professor Andy Waters, Director Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology said: “Dr MacLeod has been evolving into a pioneer in her research field for some while and this Wellcome Trust Senior fellowship is a tribute and recognition of the great strides that she along with her group have been able to make.  She has crafted a paradigm shift in our thinking of trypanosome biology and importantly has immediately applied the approach to her field research.  We at WCMP are delighted that she has gained renewal of this prestigious fellowship.

Professor Dan Haydon, Director Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine said: Dr MacLeod’s research is a model example of the transformative power of combining fundamental laboratory science with field epidemiology and parasitology, and it is great that the Wellcome Trust recognize this potential.  Dr MacLeod’s research could profoundly change the way we think about the epidemiology of trypanosomes, and I’m delighted for Dr MacLeod, and her research group on the award of this richly deserved fellowship.

 

First published: 26 February 2018

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Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology
(Institute of Infection Immunity & Inflammation/
Institute Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine)


Dr Annette MacLeod