Daniela Ferreira

The University of Oxford’s fully funded Correlates of Immunity–Artificial Intelligence (CoI-AI) DPhil Programme brings together human challenge studies, immunology, microbiology, vaccine development and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of vaccines against major bacterial pathogens. The programme is co-led by Professor Sir Andrew Pollard and Professor Daniela Ferreira . DPhil projects are led by Dr Rob Shaw, Professor Susanne Hodgson, Dr Paola Cicconi, Professor Susie Dunachie and Dr Young Chan Kim, providing an interdisciplinary research environment spanning clinical, laboratory and computational approaches. Potential projects address Staphylococcus aureus , Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Escherichia coli , Streptococcus pneumoniae and Group A Streptococcus. Research themes include human challenge studies, clinical cohorts, immune correlates, AI-enabled analysis, antigen discovery and vaccine development. Dr Young Chan Kim is particularly interested in hearing from candidates who wish to work on antigen discovery and vaccine development. The programme offers an opportunity to contribute to translational infectious-disease research within Oxford’s paediatrics and medicine research environment. Applications are open for fully funded DPhil studentships through the CoI-AI Programme.