Pandemics — The Lessons I've Learned

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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. 

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