Meera Madhavan

Meera Madhavan is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM), Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, actively contributing to the Malaria Programme and coronavirus research initiatives.

Her research spans critical areas of global health:

• Malaria vaccine development (focusing on R21/Matrix-M pre-erythrocytic candidates)
• Immunological mechanisms of mRNA vaccine reactogenicity
• Infectious disease complications in immunocompromised populations (e.g., tuberculosis in systemic lupus erythematosus)
• Metabolic monitoring challenges in hemoglobinopathies

Current work demonstrates strong integration of basic immunology with clinical applications, particularly in dissecting serological responses to novel malaria vaccines and innate immune contributions to vaccine tolerance. Her publications reveal consistent focus on translational solutions for resource-limited settings.

Based at Oxford's Churchill Hospital, Dr. Madhavan operates within the CCVTM ecosystem—a hub for clinical vaccinology that pioneered the Oxford malaria vaccine candidate and contributed significantly to global pandemic response efforts.