Biography

Peter Openshaw, FMedSci CBE is a respiratory physician and immunologist at Imperial College London. He has worked on antiviral immunity since 1985, specialising in RSV disease pathogenesis and prevention. He was the first clinician to be elected President of the British Society for Immunology (2013-18). He has extensively advised the government on pandemic preparedness and response (UK SAGE, 2009-12; Chair/Vice-Chair of NERVTAG, 2015-2022).

Dr. Openshaw led a national research consortium (MOSAIC) on swine flu, and co-led ISARIC-4C on COVID-19. He has served on many grant committees and Advisory Boards and was made a Commander of the British Empire for services to Medicine and Immunology in the 2022 New Year’s Honours.