David Goldblatt MB ChB, FRCPCH, FRCP, PhD

David obtained his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, his pediatric qualifications from the Royal College of Physicians (London) and a Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of London, United Kingdom. He is a regular advisor to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on bacterial conjugate vaccines and is Director of the WHO Reference Laboratory for Pneumococcal Serology based at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London.

He served as a member of the United Kingdom Department of Health Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation (JCVI) for 10 years (1997-2007), currently contributes to two JCVI subcommittees and has served as a member of both the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust funding panels. He is currently a member of the Wellcome Trust’s 'Immune System in Health and Disease' Expert Review Group.