About
Dr. Gavin Meehan is an Affiliate Researcher at the School of Infection & Immunity at the University of Glasgow, specializing in immunology and its applications to autoimmune diseases and viral infections. His work spans the Laboratory of Immune Cell Visualisation and Examination (LIVE) and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research.
He completed his MSci in Pharmacology at the University of Glasgow (2011) and a PhD in autoimmune neuropathies under Prof. Hugh Willison. His research focuses on immune system dynamics, particularly in SARS-CoV-2, inflammatory arthritis, and host-pathogen interactions, using advanced techniques like multiphoton microscopy and digital pathology.
Key trends in his publications include immunotherapy development, viral evolution, and autoimmune disease modeling, with collaborations across immunology, neuroscience, and virology.
His work has been published in journals such as Discovery Immunology, Nature Microbiology, and PLoS Pathogens, often involving interdisciplinary teams.
