Pandemics — The Lessons I've Learned
Teresa Lambe, Ph.D., OBE
Calleva Head of Vaccine Immunology
Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology
University of Oxford
Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
Pandemics — The Lessons I've Learned
Date: Nov. 6, 2025
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.)
Additional Details
Teresa Lambe’s research aims to improve human health by controlling disease — stopping epidemics before they become pandemics. She approaches this challenge through a one-health approach — mindful that animal and human health are delicately intertwined. Lambe is one of the principal investigators overseeing the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has been distributed in more than 180 countries and has had a huge impact worldwide.
Lambe is working with global collaborators to generate a "rule book" to help protect against several outbreak pathogens, routinely and rapidly moving approaches from bench to bedside to protect individuals against key respiratory and outbreak pathogens. Lambe has received many accolades for her work, including an honorary appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to sciences and public health in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours and a 2022 Irish Abroad Presidential Distinguished Service Award in the science, technology and innovation category.
About Maury Strauss
Maury Strauss was a longtime community benefactor and businessman who supported biomedical research with the goal of energizing the local economy and improving quality of life in our neighborhoods and around the world. In order to ensure the continued success of Roanoke’s biomedical research enterprise, as well as the free public seminars, Mr. Strauss made a generous gift to the series. He passed away in June 2024 at age 99.
Support Our Research
Your generous support of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's rigorous biomedical research enterprise makes a difference for our faculty, students, and patients. Every donation helps accelerate the pace of new discoveries to help patients with cancer, neurological disorders, heart disease, and even rare genetic disorders. Private donations fast-track our progress.
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Home Item
New Insights into Cardiac Mechanobiology: Role of Caveolar Nanodomains in Mechano-electrochemical Signal Transduction , homeApril 17, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Alexey Glukhov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UW-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
-
Home Item
Advancing the Treatment of Traumatic Stress and Addictions: How Data Science Can Move the Field Forward , homeMay 1, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Denise Hien, Ph.D., Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Health Behaviors Research and Addiction Recovery Research Center
-
Home Item
Spatial Entropy of Brain Network Landscapes , homeMay 15, 2026, 11 a.m. | Paul Laurienti, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
-
Home Item
Unraveling Mechanisms of BCAA Compartmentalization and Crosstalk in Cardiometabolic Disease , homeMay 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Phillip J. White, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, & Nutrition, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Exercise Medicine Research
-
Home Item
The Symphonic Biology of Exercise , homeJune 4, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | R. Sanders Williams, M.D., Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, Senior Advisor for Science & Technology, Duke University | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture