Dr Sam Willcocks
Lecturer in Biosciences (Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)
Heinz Wolff 228
- Email: sam.willcocks@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265460
- Biosciences
Summary
Sam joined Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ as a Lecturer in Biosciences in 2022 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Infection Biology. He previously received his PhD in Innate Immunology at the Royal Veterinary College, London in 2008. In 2018, Sam received an MRC Confidence in Concept Award for the development of a novel class of antimicrobials against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in 2020 was awarded the Wellcome Translational Accelerator Award to determine their mechanism of action. Sam also holds an Honorary Fellowship at Birkbeck University London and retains strong links with the Antimicrobial Resistance Centre at LSHTM where he was previously Head of Biological and Pharmacological Sciences.
Qualifications
PhD
Responsibility
Lecturer at Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ Medical School
Member of the Centre for Inflammation Research and Translational Medicine