CARINA Network Management Group
Professor Arne Akbar
Professor of Immunology, University College London
Principal Investigator, Network Director, and Chair of the CARINA Network Management Group
Arne Akbar is Professor of Immunology at University College London. He leads a large research group that examines T cells and their effects on immunity in ageing humans. His work frequently involves collaboration between academic researchers, industry, and clinical practice. Arne leads the CARINA Network’s Management Group.
Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters
Professor of Immunology, University of Surrey
Co-Investigator, Co-Director of the Network, and member of the CARINA Network Management Group
Deborah Dunn-Walters is Professor of Immunology at the University of Surrey and a trustee of the BSI. Her group studies B cell development and age-related changes to immunity. She regularly collaborates with international laboratories and has chaired a number of international conferences on ageing and immunity.
Professor Janet Lord
Professor of Immune Cell Biology, University of Birmingham
Co-Investigator and member of the CARINA Network Management Group
Janet Lord is the Director of the MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research and Professor of Immune Cell Biology at the University of Birmingham. Her research focusses on immunity in old age and is aimed at creating novel therapies to improve immunity in older adults.
Dr Ed Chambers
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Imperial College London
Co-Investigator, ECR Lead, and member of the CARINA Network Management Group
Ed Chambers is a lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at Imperial College London. His research aims to advance understanding of nutritional intervention in health and disease. He chairs the Early Career Researcher group and represents their interests to the management board.
Professor Neil Mabbott
Professor of Immunopathology, University of Edinburgh
Co-Investigator and member of the CARINA Network Management Group
Neil Mabbott is a professor in Immunopathology at the University of Edinburgh. His main research interest is host-pathogen interactions in the mucosal immune system. He leads on the CARINA Network’s discussions relating to the probing of existing and new large datasets related to ageing.
Dr Ross Breckenridge
CEO, Arjuna Therapeutics
Member of the CARINA Network Management Group
Ross Breckenridge is the Chief Executive Officer at Arjuna Therapeutics.
CARINA Network Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board is responsible for providing independent advice to the Management Board of CARINA. Its members include immunologists, clinicians, representatives from patient and public groups and the charity sector. This Board will ensure that network activity is as inclusive and interdisciplinary as possible. The members are as follows:
Dr Lorna Chernajovsky (chair) - Lorna & Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation
Dr Yvonne Dombrowski - Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Tom Freeman - Janssen Immunology
Professor Lorna Harries - University of Exeter
Robert Jasper - PPI representative
Dr Joanna Jenkinson - GW4 Alliance
Susan Kay - Dunhill Medical Trust
Debs Smith - PPI representative
Professor Claire Stewart - Liverpool John Moores University
British Society for Immunology
The British Society for Immunology is delighted to be a supporting partner of the CARINA Network. This support takes a number of forms:
- Our president Professor Arne Akbar, is chair of the CARINA Management Board, which will deliver important oversight of the network
- Ensuring that the views of patients and the public influence the priorities of the network through a patient public involvement (PPI) for CARINA
- Providing involved project management for the planning towards and delivery of important milestones
- Responsibility for communicating the progress of the network with key audiences
The BSI's mission is to support our immunology community in driving scientific discovery and making a positive impact on health. Through our involvement in CARINA we aim to support a sector-wide transformation in our approach to ageing research, by creating an inclusive, collaborative space that will be able to address the key research questions in immune ageing in the years to come.
The following BSI team members are providing support to the CARINA network:
Doug Brown - Chief Executive
Jennie Evans - Director of External Affairs, responsible for delivery of BSI involvement in the CARINA Network
Ben Wilcock - Research Partnerships Manager, project manager for the CARINA Network
Laura Anderson - Communications Officer, responsible for external communications for the CARINA Network
Jane Sessenwein - Head of Conferences and Events, providing events support for CARINA Network meetings