
Dr Rajeka Lazarus
MBBch, DPhil
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Current positions
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
- Adult vaccines
- Clinical trials to inform vaccine schedules and policy
- Health inequalities and vaccine uptake
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Research funding to investigate vaccine schedules for national implementationManaging organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 01/01/2027
Combining shingles with either COVID-19 or adjuvanted influenza vaccine
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
09/01/2023
NIHR Combining Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2021 to 01/04/2023
Publications
Recent publications
02/12/2024Comparison of assays used to detect antibody response in COVID-19 vaccine trials
Vaccine
Delivering COVID-19 vaccine trials at speed
Trials
Detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific mucosal antibodies in saliva following concomitant COVID-19 and influenza vaccination in the ComFluCOV trial
Vaccine
Working under short timescales to deliver a national trial
Trials
Prolonged T-cell activation and long COVID symptoms independently associate with severe COVID-19 at 3 months
eLife