Geoffrey L. Smith

Geoffrey L. Smith

Professor Geoffrey Lilley Smith FRS FMedSci FIBiolImperial College London, Contact details: [http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/geoff.smith/ Professor Geoffrey L Smith] , retrieved 2008-05-09.] , is a British scientist and medical research authority in the area of Vaccinia virus and the family of Poxviruses.

Dr. Smith is editor-in-chief of the "Journal of General Virology" and chairs the WHO's "Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research"World Health Organisation, WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research. [http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/WHO_HSE_EPR_2008_1.pdf Report of the Ninth Meeting] , covering 2007-11-30.] .Between 1981–1984, whilst working in the United States under the National Institutes of Health, he developed and pioneered the use of genetically engineered live vaccines.ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, Press-release, "Are cures for diseases dangerous weapons?" [http://www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/news/mediaroom-pressreleases/title,74,en.html Notes to Editors. Speakers' biographies] , 2007-04-02.]

In 2002 Dr. Smith was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.In 2003 he was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal SocietyGuardian Unlimited, [http://education.guardian.co.uk/gendergap/story/0,,959291,00.html Royal Society names nine women fellows] , 2003-05-19.] Royal Society, Press-release, [http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?year=&id=1692 Record number of women join Royal Society Fellowship] , 2003-05-19.] and in 2005 was awarded the "Feldburg Foundation Prize" for his work on poxvirusesImperial College London, press-release, [http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/news/p51301/ Geoffrey Smith wins Feldburg Foundation Prize] , 2005-01-13.] .

As of 2008 he remains the Head of the Department of Virology at Imperial College London. Prior to 2002, he was based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford.World Intellectual Property Organization, [http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1998037217 (WO/1998/037217) A Soluble Vaccinia Virus Protein that Binds Chemokines] , published 1998-08-27.] Between 1988–1992 his work was funded by The Lister Institute [The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine, [http://www.lister-institute.org.uk/fellowshipformer.htm FORMER FELLOWS OF THE LISTER INSTITUTE] , retrieved 2008-05-09.] .

His maternal grandfather was Ralph Lilley Turner.

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