Dr. Steven Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
at Brunel University of London. He obtained a B.Sc. in Medical Sciences from
the University of Leeds and a Ph.D. for a project at the Cancer Medicine
Research Unit at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, investigating the CD8
T-cell stimulating properties of a DNA vaccine encoding multiple,
melanoma-associated epitopes. Following a post-doctoral position at the Edward
Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research in which he examined the role of
auto-reactive CD8 T-cells and T-cell regulation in the context of joint
inflammation, he joined the group of Prof. Hazel Dockrell at the London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. There, he investigated the cellular immune
response to BCG vaccination, and, more generally, the immune mechanisms that
might protect against tuberculosis infection and disease.
