Across the country with David Wright

BSc PhD FMedSci
Professor Nick Thomson is a globally recognised genomics expert, especially in pathogen evolutionary biology and population dynamics. His seminal work has redefined the evolutionary understanding of Cholera, a disease in its 7th pandemic, which affects thousands worldwide. He identified the ‘7PET’ lineage of Vibrio cholera as responsible for all major cholera epidemics since the 1960s
Shifting focus from common environmental sources for cholera to highlight the role of human-to-human transmission, Nick's research opens new opportunities for intervention, transmission blocking, and cholera 'track and trace' tools.
His laboratory has a global influence on policy, collaborating with the Pan-American Health Organization and the WHO Global Taskforce for Cholera Control (GTFCC). Nick's role in the GTFCC working groups and Independent Review Panel for National Cholera Plans for Control or Elimination (NCPs) shapes current and future cholera control strategies.
Beyond Cholera, his work on Shigella infections with macrolide resistance informed the universally adopted UK guidelines for managing 'Men who have Sex with Men' with sexually transmissible enteritis and proctitis symptoms.
Deeply committed to improving global health, Nick builds long-term global partnerships, promotes equitable data use and sharing, and increases research capacity in low and middle income countries.
During the pandemic he helped establish genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh, combining genome data with population mobility data from social media and mobile phone operators. This approach, a world first, was used by policymakers to direct control strategies and helped deliver more powerful genomic tools for disease control.
Welcome to ɫƵ's first-ever Giving Day!
What are the consequences of standard language ideology and linguistic nationalism?
A household name to listeners of Classic FM and BBC Radio 3, with a string of number one recordings, Craig Ogden is one of the most successful classical guitarists of his generation. With thanks to Prof Brian Moore for sponsoring this, the inaugural Brian Moore Guitar Recital.
Join us for the 2025 ɫƵ Research Event: an interdisciplinary academic conference organised by students to showcase the diversity of the research carried out by ɫƵ students.
Join us in May for an extended writing retreat!