Rachel Tanner Explained

Honorific Prefix:Associate Professor
Rachel Tanner
Birth Place:London, UK
Alma Mater:University of Oxford

Rachel Tanner is an immunologist working at the University of Oxford. She won the UK 'Women of the Future' Award for Science in 2019.[1] [2]

Research

Tanner researches tuberculosis with a focus on immune correlates of protection and the host immune response to TB vaccination.[3] She has worked extensively on in vitro functional assays for vaccine testing to reduce the number of animals used in 'challenge' or infection experiments, and has led an NC3Rs funded project to transfer one such assay internationally.[4] Her research interests also include the specific and non-specific effects of the BCG vaccine across different populations, and development of a vaccine against Mycobacterium bovis in cattle. Initial research was on HIV vaccines with the Centre for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, but since her work has moved to TB.[5] From 2010-2022, Tanner worked at the Jenner Institute, during which she received a VALIDATE Fellowship.[6] She is now an Associate Professor in One Health at the Department of Biology.[7]

In 2020, Tanner was part of the Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Group which developed and tested the safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2.[8] She appeared working on this vaccine in the documentary film Life in a Day 2020, which was directed by Kevin MacDonald and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[9]

Awards

Career

Tanner was awarded a BA (Hons) in Biological Sciences from Wadham College and a DPhil in Clinical Medicine from St Cross College, both at the University of Oxford. She was funded in the latter by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW).[15] She was a Fulford Junior Research Fellow of Somerville College from 2017 to 2019, a Lecturer in Human Sciences at Wadham College from 2017 to 2022,[16] and a Research Fellow at Wolfson College.[17] Tanner is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Biology and a Tutorial Fellow at St Hugh's College.[18]

Publications

Tanner has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications.[19]

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet the 15 'women of the future' you need to know. Reporters. Telegraph. 2019-11-08. The Telegraph. 2019-11-08. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  2. Web site: 2019. Women of the Future Awards. en-US. 2019-11-08.
  3. Web site: Rachel Tanner.
  4. Web site: Transfer of a non-human primate (NHP) in vitro functional assay for the early evaluation of TB vaccine candidates and the associated immune response NC3Rs. www.nc3rs.org.uk. en. 2019-11-08.
  5. Web site: Rachel Tanner Veterinary Vaccinology Network. www.vetvaccnet.ac.uk. 2019-11-08.
  6. Web site: Fellowship - Rachel Tanner .
  7. Web site: Biology welcomes new Associate Professor Tutorial Fellows . 2022-10-21 . www.biology.ox.ac.uk . en.
  8. Web site: 14 September 2020. Women Scientists on the Frontline of the Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial. 2021-01-12. 500womenscientists.
  9. News: Collin. Robbie. 2021-02-02. Life in a Day 2020, review: peering into the lives of others was more fun before Covid. en-GB. The Telegraph. 2021-10-17. 0307-1235.
  10. Web site: Global 3Rs Winners. 2021-11-06. AAALAC. en.
  11. Web site: Rachel Tanner receives Divisional Teaching Award. 2021-09-16. www.ihs.ox.ac.uk. en.
  12. Web site: Teaching Excellence. 2021-09-16. www.wadham.ox.ac.uk.
  13. Web site: Success Stories. 2021-11-06. Life Science Editors Foundation. en-US.
  14. Web site: 2017-06-23. Announcement winners of the TBVI Young Scientist Award 2017. 2021-09-16. TBVI. en-US.
  15. Web site: UFAW 3Rs Liaison Studentship 2012-2015. www.ufaw.org.uk. en. 2019-11-08.
  16. Web site: Rachel Tanner, Stipendiary Lecturer. 2021-01-12. Wadham College.
  17. Web site: Rachel Tanner, Research Fellow. 2021-01-12. Wolfson College.
  18. Web site: Biology welcomes new Associate Professor Tutorial Fellows . 2022-10-21 . www.biology.ox.ac.uk . en.
  19. Web site: Rachel Tanner publications indexed by Google Scholar .

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