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Andrew Armitage is a Senior Postdoctoral Scientist (mapped to Research Fellow) at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, within the Medical Sciences Division. He conducts research in the Drakesmith Group focusing on iron and immunity, and serves as a Research Staff Representative for RDM in the Medical Sciences Division Research Staff Forum and as an Early-to-Mid Career Researcher Representative on the Medical Sciences Division Board.
Education:
- M.Biochem
- D.Phil
His research centers on iron biology in infection, anaemia, and immunity, with emphasis on early life and global health contexts. He investigates iron-immune system interplay using multi-omic approaches including mass cytometry and proteomic analysis, examining how iron deficiency/supplementation affects immune phenotypes and vaccine responses in resource-limited settings through clinical trials in Bangladesh and Thailand. His work bridges molecular mechanisms with population health applications.
Recent publications reveal dominant themes in iron metabolism and immunology, particularly iron's role in T-cell dysfunction, malaria pathogenesis, and vaccine efficacy. His research consistently connects basic science with clinical interventions in global health, featuring longitudinal studies in vulnerable populations and mechanistic investigations of hepcidin regulation.
Scientific Awards:
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Armitage provides Immunology tutorials to Oxford undergraduate Biochemistry students. The text indicates no formal graduate student supervision or specific grant funding details, though his clinical trial work implies involvement in externally funded research. He actively contributes to research governance through divisional representation roles.
He operates within the Drakesmith Group of the MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, overseeing the TIDU Immunology Breakfast journal club and managing QuantStudio7 qRT-PCR instrumentation for the unit.