Teresa Lambe
{{short description|Vaccinologist}}
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Teresa "Tess" Lambe OBE is an Irish scientist working at Oxford University's Oxford Vaccine Group. She is one of the co-developers of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine against the new coronavirus causing COVID-19.
Early life and education
Teresa Lambe is from Nicholastown, in Kilcullen, County Kildare, where she attended Cross and Passion College.{{Cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Kildare scientist plays key role in new Covid 19 vaccine|url=https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2020/11/23/kildare-scientist-plays-key-role-in-new-covid-19-vaccine/|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Kildare Nationalist|language=en-GB}} Lambe studied pharmacology and molecular genetics at University College Dublin, where she completed her PhD in 2002 with Prof Finian Martin.{{Cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Claire|title=The intense marathon of making a vaccine against Covid-19|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-intense-marathon-of-making-a-vaccine-against-covid-19-1.4333996|access-date=2021-02-11|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}
Career
Lambe is a scientist working at Oxford University's Jenner Institute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jenner.ac.uk/team/teresa-lambe|title=Teresa Lambe}} She is one of the co-developers of the Oxford vaccine against the new coronavirus causing COVID-19.{{Cite journal|last=Woolston|first=Chris|date=9 November 2020|title='I've never worked harder': the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=587|issue=7833|pages=322|doi=10.1038/d41586-020-03139-x|pmid=33168971|bibcode=2020Natur.587..322W|doi-access=free}}{{Cite news|last1=O'Connell|first1=Claire|last2=Clarke|first2=Vivienne|title=Irish designer of Oxford vaccine: 'I've never worked so hard in my life'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/irish-designer-of-oxford-vaccine-i-ve-never-worked-so-hard-in-my-life-1.4416822|access-date=24 November 2020|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-11|title=Dr Jenny Harries: The inspirational women I've worked alongside in the fight against Covid-19|url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/dr-jenny-harries-the-inspirational-women-ive-worked-alongside-in-this-countrys-fight-against-covid-19-866928|access-date=2021-02-11|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Shute|first=Joe|date=2020-12-30|title='Keep calm and develop vaccines': Meet the scientists behind the Oxford jab|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/keep-calm-develop-vaccines-meet-scientists-behind-oxford-jab/|access-date=2021-02-11|issn=0307-1235}}
Previously, she worked on vaccines for Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, ebola, Lassa fever, MERS, and Nipah virus.
In 2021, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Science 2021.{{Cite web |title=Prof Teresa Lambe UCD Alumni Award in Science - UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science |url=https://www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsandevents/2021/profteresalambeucdalumniawardinscience/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=www.ucd.ie}}
In 2021, she was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to Science and Public Health.{{cite web |title=Honorary Awards to Foreign Nationals in 2021 |date=2021 |publisher=Gov.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2021/honorary-awards-to-foreign-nationals-in-2021}}
In 2022, she was announced as one of the recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2022 in the category of Science, Technology & Innovation. {{cite web |title=Minister Coveney announces 2022 Presidential Distinguished Service Award recipients |date=2022-10-11 |publisher=gov.ie |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/0036f-minister-coveney-announces-2022-presidential-distinguished-service-award-recipients |access-date=2022-10-15}}
References
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External links
- {{ResearchGate|Teresa_Lambe}}
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